My Dear, Loyal Brothers!
You may write out this piece at the head of the collection of treatises and letters that confirm the Risale‑i Nur's acceptance; or if not the collections, at least at the head of the First Ray. Don't worry about me; since the rewards for suffering difficulties are copious, it makes me love them in a way. Anyway, they open up possibilities for the Risale-i Nur's dissemination in other fields.
I send greetings to each and every one of you.
It is the first of the eight pieces that affirm the Risale‑i Nur's acceptability and give news of it with hidden signs. Their all indicating unanimously the same matter and same objective is virtually explicit. The signs strengthen and corroborate each other since the matters are the same. Three of the eight concern Imam 'Ali giving news of the Risale-i Nur with his wondrous insight into the Unseen.
The Ankara experts' committee studied these eight pieces and did not object to them, they only said that they should not have been written since people with such powers should not broadcast them.
So I wrote in reply to them:
This is the Risale‑i Nur's wonder-working, not mine. They were silent, which meant they accepted it. Actually it would be better not to describe divine gifts of this sort, but in the face of so many opponents and powerful, numerous enemies, it was definitely necessary to strengthen with assistance from the Unseen the morale of us who are so few, weak, and want- ing, and to encourage us to be steadfast and strong. So I wrote them down, It does not matter if to do so inflated my ego or caused my fall even. I am more than happy if I have to sacrifice my life in this world and in the next for this work; that is, to save the believers from absolute misguidance. I would agree to go to Hell even so that my thousands of friends and brothers might enter Paradise.