My brothers! I should have told you long ago but I forgot: the wondrous Twenty-Ninth Word is only that Word's first station. It's second station, owing to its importance, is the Arabic Twenty-Ninth Flash, which in a way Imam 'Ali (May God be pleased with him) called the Supreme Sign, too. It elucidates the lights in the degrees of the other tesbihat, as in "Allahu akbar," and is a source of the Hizb-i Nuriye.

I send my greetings to each and every one of my brothers and pray for them. I congratulate you on the Night of Power, which, concealed, may be any night now.

Your brother,

S a i d   N u r s i ∗∗∗

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My Dear, Loyal Brothers !

For our part, we also congratulate you on Ramadan. Your dream was indeed blessed. God willing it is a sign that He will bestow abundant grace on you. The greatest bestowal and duty at the present time is saving belief. But, beware! Avoid things that provoke egotism and pride. It is absolutely essential that at the present time the people of reality practise humility and self-abnegation, and renounce egotism. For the greatest danger this age arises from egotism and self-advertisement. The people of truth and reality, therefore, have always to humbly see their faults and accuse their own souls. The heroic defence of belief and worship under these severe conditions people such as yourselves perform is a high station.

Get hold of a copy of the part of the Risale-i Nur about the reality of the Sufi paths (tarikat) called The Nine Allusions (Telvihat-ı Tis'a), and take a look at it. Staunch, faithful, and sincere persons like yourselves should enter into the Risale-i Nur's fold. For the Risale-i Nur is undefeated this age in the face of all attacks. It has made even its most obdurate enemies accept its freedom. In fact, following their investigations over the last two years, the judiciary and high-ranking officials have confirmed its free publication and given the decision for all its parts, both general and confidential, to be returned to their owners.

The Risale-i Nur's way has not been defeated like the Sufi orders and other ways; indeed, it has been victorious and brought numerous obstinate people to belief, which proves that it is a miracle of the Qur'an's meanings (bir mu'cize-i mâneviye-i Kur'aniye) as is testified to by many incidents. Events have given me the firm conviction that outside the Risale-i Nur's