In this connection, a passage struck my attention on the page before the Eighth Sign of the Eighth Ray which Hâfız Ahmed wrote, who is a young Abdurrahman and the innocent nephew of Küçük Ali and one of the blessed heroes in that collection. I realized that this passage was related to the piece that explains what I have been saying in the letters sent to you this last couple of months about the Risale-i Nur's acceptability, that my person has no share in its honour and art and that it is purely a divine bestowal. So I am sending it to you; you can include it whereever you deem suitable. The passage is about my person having no part, not a flash, in the extraordinary importance accorded the Risale-i Nur by al-Jaljalutiyya. [^34] It is like this. I said:

[^34]:al-Jaljalūtiyya is an Arabic ode (Qaṣīda) attributed to Imam 'Ali b. Abi Talib which is partly in Syriac. It is based on wisdom received from the Prophet Muhammad (UWBP), and concerns abjad reckoning and the science of jafr. [Tr.]

I confess that in no way at all am I worthy of having such an acceptable work bestowed on me, but it is the mark and practice of divine power to create trees the size of mountains from miniscule seeds, and to do so is proof of its sublimity. I swear that my intention in praising the Risale-i Nur is to affirm, prove, and publicize the Qur'an's truths and the pillars of belief. Endless thanks be to my Compassionate Creator that he did not make me fond of myself and He showed me my soul's faults and sins so that no desire remains to make others look favourably on me. It is pitiful stupidity and a ghastly loss for someone waiting at the door of the grave to look hypocritically behind himself at this transitory world. May Almighty God preserve me from such loss! Amen.

I send greetings to each and every one of my brothers and I pray for them and request their prayers. ∗∗∗

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My Dear, Loyal Brothers !

I congratulate you with all my heart and spirit on Ramadan, the Night of Power, and the festival, and wish you all happiness. May the Most Merciful of the Merciful bestow many more on you! Amen.

It is true that I have suffered extreme distress this Ramadan due to the poisoning, but endless thanks be to Almighty God, He bestowed patience and fortitude on me. And the considerable reward for illness dispelled the feelings of heedlessness caused by the distress. So thanks to the blessings of your prayers, I was completely saved this time too from the poisoning.