One of the Nur students asked about my spiritual belongings and rights, which would pass to you after my death, and in accordance with the meaning of Die before you die!, specifying you as my heirs before my death. He asked what the reason was and said that they hoped I would be among them for a long time to come, God willing.
I replied: If these belongings of mine pass after my death to my true and veracious heirs, they would be divided up just like worldly goods; each person according to his position would become the rightful owner of a part of the property; no one person could be the owner of all of it. But if they are made over to the heirs before death, each may be considered owner of all of it, of that light‑scattering lamp, according to his degree. Each would become a young Said and there would be thousands of guards instead of just one. Receiving one share of Said's legacy out a thousand, each would not be just a Nurju, but fully a young Said.
For example, if that property the Risale‑i Nur — were a treasury, on its distribution, thousands of Nurjus would each receive twenty or a hundred gold pieces or whatever. But if they were to receive it before my death, owing to a great mystery, each would do so according to his capacity and the elect might receive a million pieces at once. This mystery bears a profound meaning which I cannot now divulge.
That student then asked: “Would all those select students sacrifice their lives and ease as you have done, that they might receive that vast property all at once?”
I replied: Mutual support and co‑operation hold a vast mystery so that, just as three alifs put side by side become a hundred and one and acquire commensurate strength, so the strength yielded by the genuine mutual support of the select students should not be less than the self-sacrifice, supposed by you to be superhuman, of a wretched person like myself, God willing‥