Emirdağ Letters I — 182. The Staff of Moses and Zulfikar Have Been Presented to the Esteemed Ulema Residing in the Vicinity of the Immaculate Tomb of the Prophet (Uwbp) — Emirdag Letters

The most excellent peace and blessings be upon (the one resting in that tomb!) The Staff of Moses and Zülfikar have been presented to the esteemed ulema residing in the vicinity of the Immaculate Tomb of the Prophet (UWBP). They were sent to visit those blessed sites in place of their author, to be a means whereby intercession and well‑wishing prayers in that sacred place may be received. These lines were written only for the Muslim communities of al-Azhar, Damascus, and India, from those who had visited the Immaculate Tomb from al-Azhar, Damascus, and India. We wrote this at the head of four copies of Zülfikar and The Staff of Moses, and sent two copies to al-Azhar University in Cairo, one to the ulema of Damascus, and one to the committee from India which has requested copies of the Qur'an to the value of two million liras‥