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|THE TWENTY-FOURTH LETTER consists of two stations that solve one of the obscure riddles of the universe, and form an answer to the question: How can the divine names All-Compassionate, Wise, and Loving be reconciled with death, separation, calamity, and suffering? The first station consists of five signs which show the necessitating cause and reason, the second station, five indications, which point out the aims and benefits.|[330](/letters/the-twenty-fourth-letter/8757/29/330/357#3302)|

|FIRST ADDENDUM TO THE TWENTY-FOURTH LETTER: In five points, this expounds aspects of the verse, “No importance would your Sustainer attach to you, were it not for your supplication”|[347](/letters/the-twenty-fourth-letter/8757/29/330/357#3472)|

|SECOND ADDENDUM: A convincing, reasoned answer, in five points, to three questions about the Prophet’s (UWBP) Ascension and the Mevlid. The conclusion shows the Messenger (UWBP) to be the most perfect person in the cosmos and its universal master|[352](/letters/the-twenty-fourth-letter/8757/29/330/357#3522)|

|THE TWENTY-FIFTH LETTER was to consist of twenty-five points about Sura Ya. Sin., but was not written.| |

|THE TWENTY-SIXTH LETTER consists of four topics:| |

|First Topic: A Proof of the Qur’an Against Satan and His Party. This defeats in argument the Devil and his followers by refuting one of their cunning stratagems, which is to be unbiased; that is, their deceiving people into considering the Qur’an and matters of religion ‘impartially’.|[359](/letters/the-twenty-sixth-letter/8790/29/359/397#3592)|

|Second Topic explains how a person may have numerous personalities in respect of his different duties, and describes the author’s three personalities.|[370](/letters/the-twenty-sixth-letter/8790/29/359/397#3702)|

|Third Topic: In seven matters, this expounds the verse, “We … made you into nations and tribes, that you may know each other,” pointing out significant truths about social relations and mankind being created as peoples and groups. It is a beneficial remedy for nationalism, an awesome disease of the times, and also exposes the pseudo-patriots and their fraudulent attitudes|[372](/letters/the-twenty-sixth-letter/8790/29/359/397#3722)|

|Fourth Topic consists of ten unrelated matters, which are the answers to six questions:| |

|First Matter explains several points inspired by the Qur’an related to “the worlds” in the phrase “Sustainer of All the Worlds”.|[379](/letters/the-twenty-sixth-letter/8790/29/359/397#3792)|

|Second Matter explains what Muhyi’l-Din al-‘Arabi meant by saying to Fakhr al-Din Razi: “To know God is different to knowing He exists.”|[381](/letters/the-twenty-sixth-letter/8790/29/359/397#3812)|

4–6 October 2026 · Istanbul

13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium

Visit the symposium website for the programme, papers and registration.