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|Fifth Allusion explains the reality of the Unity of Existence and the Unity of Witnessing, and establishes the superiority of the followers of the legacy of prophethood|[513](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#5132)|

|Sixth Allusion: Three points showing that the best of the ways of sainthood is following the practices of the Prophet (UWBP), and its most important foundation, sincerity; and that this world is the realm of wisdom and service, not reward.|[515](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#5152)|

|Seventh Allusion: Four points explaining that the Sufi way should serve the Shari‘a; that its highest degrees are matters of the Shari‘a; that it should always remain as a means and follow the Shari‘a; and whether or not those outside the bounds of the Sunna and Shari‘a are acceptable|[516](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#5162)|

|Eighth Allusion: Describes eight abysses on the Sufi way|[520](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#5202)|

|Ninth Allusion: Nine of the sweet fruits of the Sufi way|[522](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#5222)|

|ADDENDUM: A short, safe, and direct way leading to Almighty God, taken from the Qur’an|[524](/letters/the-twenty-ninth-letter/8868/29/447/527#5242)|

|THE THIRTIETH LETTER: The Arabic Qur’anic commentary, Signs of Miraculousness: The Inimitability of the Qur’an’s Conciseness (Ishārāt al-I‘jāz fī Maẓānn al-Ījāz).| |

|THE THIRTY-FIRST LETTER: The thirty-one Flashes.| |

|THE THIRTY-SECOND LETTER: The treatise in free verse called Lemeât. It is also the Thirty-Second Flash and has been included at the end of The Words (Sözler).| |

|THE THIRTY-THIRD LETTER: Thirty-Three Windows Making Known the Creator. This is in one respect the Thirty-Third Word and has therefore been included in The Words and not repeated here.| |

|SEEDS OF REALITY: Aphorisms compiled from a number of Bediuzzaman’s early works and first published in 1920.|[528](/letters/seeds-of-reality/8951/29/528/540#5282)|

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|INDEXES| |

|Subject Index|543|

|Index of Divine Names|555|

|Index of Names, Tribes, Battles, and Places|557|

|Index of Plants, Animals, Minerals, and Elements|564|

|Note on the Turkish alphabet.|[566](/letters/0#5662)|

|A Brief Look at Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Life, The Risale-i Nur, and Lettets ─1928-1932|[567](/letters/a-brief-look-at-bediuzzaman-said-nursi’s-life,-the-risale-i-nur,-and-letters/8953/29/567/573#5672)|

4–6 October 2026 · Istanbul

13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium

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