Emirdağ Letters Ii — 335. Urfa Is Blessed with Its Very Stones and Soil — Emirdag Letters | eRisale

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Emirdağ Letters I
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222. I for My Part Award You Diplomas, Like the Masters of Former Times Awarded Certificates for the Religious Sciences to Those of Their Students Who Deserved Them
223. At No Time in History Have the Science of Reality and Truths of Belief Been Subject to Such Malicious and Cruel Aggression
224. May God Grant You Endless Blessings for Your Gift of the Parts of the Risale-i Nur That You Sent
225. The Letter Sungur Wrote Our Master While He Was in Ankara
226. It Is the Directorate's Duty to Publish Such Works
227. Seeing That the Risale-i Nur Is a Product of the Medrese, and You Are Both the Pillars, and the Heads, and the Students of the Medreses, the Risale-i Nur Is Truly Yours
228. The Head of the Directorate Has Insistently Requested a Set of the Risale-i Nur. Our Master, Though Ill, Is Correcting It and He Requests of the Director Three Things as Its Non-Material Price
229. Just Like Hafiz Ali, This Deceased Heroic Brother of Ours Fulfilled His Duties and Went to the World of Light and Intermediate Realm to Join His Brothers, Hafiz Ali and Hasan Feyzi
230. It Was Imparted to My Heart That I Should Explain to You a Few Matters Concerning My Person
231. Exceptionally, the Day Before That Night and the Day After, Rain Fell in This Region; a Sign That Mercy Will Be Manifested in This Country Generally, God Willing
232. A Short Letter Written to Celal Bayar
233. To the President of the Republic, Celâl Bayar, and the Cabinet, Ankara
234. The Mason Section of the Irreligious and the Atheist Section of the Communists Are Making Mountains Out of Molehills and Trying Under False Pretenses to Prevent the Risale-i Nur's Free Publication
235. The First Example of the Hundreds of Illegal Torments Wrongfully Inflicted on Our Master While the Republican People's Party Was in Power
236. One of My Greatest Wishes Is to Pass the Last Part of My Life in the Region of Isparta
237. The Leading Members of the Medresetü'z-Zehra Are My Genuine Deputies; They May Reply in My Place to the Letters Sent to Me
238. We Are Informing Sebilürresad, the Disseminator of Truth, of the Treatment Meted Out by the People's Party Which Was Illegal in a Hundred Ways
239. I Am Explaining a Few Points for Those Persons Who Work for True Justice and Freedom
240. A Significant Fact and a Conversation of the University Nurjus with the Democrats
241. At the Present Time, the Risale-i Nur Is Sufficient. Scholars Testify That They Have Benefited in One Year From the Risale-i Nur to the Extent They Benefited From Studying in the Medreses for Ten Years
242. Masha'llah a Thousand Times Over! There Are Almost No Errors in the Words Collection
243. In Consequence of Our Observations, We Have Come to Hold the Firm Opinion That General Calamities Occur Whenever the Risale-i Nur Is Assaulted in the Name of Atheism and Irreligion
244. It Should Not Be Permitted That Our Large Collections Are Destroyed; They Should Be Saved Whatever the Price
245. We Wish to Inform You Concerning a Most Important, Confidential Matter
246. To the Government Ministry
247. Büyük Doğu’nun Yirmi Dokuzuncu Sayısında “Lozan’ın İç Yüzü” Diye Yazılan Makaleden
248. In Truth, Ankara, Which Was Completely Enveloped in Darkness, Has Changed Remarkably and Is Continuing to Change Gradually
249. I Refer It to the Leading Members of the Medresetü'z-Zehra to Reply Suitably in My Place to the Letters That Come to Me
250. An Important Piece of News for the Nurjus!
251. The Risale-i Nur and the Nurjus Have Nothing to Do with Politics
252. The Activities and Triumphs of the Medresetü'z-Zehra Are a Remedy for All My Pains and Illnesses
253. I Am Referring an Important Matter to the Leading Members of the Medresetü'z-Zehra
254. We Were Delighted at Your Surpassing Good News, Which Is a Preliminary to the Risale-i Nur's Complete Freedom
255. Endless Thanks Be to Almighty God That We Have Joyfully Received Five Copies of the Staff of Moses and the Ratifying Stamp of the Unseen, Which Had Been Imprisoned in the Court for the Last Three Years
256. God Willing, They Will Be Compelled to Build It for the Benefit of the Country and Nation, for It Is a Goal I Have Been Pursuing for the Past Forty Years
257. Muallim Osman Was Ceylan's Friend in Prison. He Learnt a Thorough Lesson From Him and Has the Ability to Be a Second Ceylan
258. An Addendum to 'a Complaint to the Supreme Tribunal,' and a Defence
259. I Have Sent You the Letters From Certain Persons, for Your Information
260. Since, Owing to Your Sacred Intention and Sincerity, Almighty God Has Gathered the Leading Young Saids Around You
261. The Possibility Occurred to Me That the Qur'an Written by Husrev Might Be Printed Photographically
262. Nothing Those Leading Students, and Foremost Husrev, Does Should Be Criticized, and Everyone Should Co-Operate with Them as True Brothers with Genuine, Heartfelt Sincerity
263. Lemeat Is a Sort of Index of the Risale-i Nur and Seedbed
264. The Risale-i Nur Answering with the Truth of the Qur'an the Need Humanity Feels for the Qur'an's Lights
265. Some of the Wretches Who Tormented the Nurjus for Twenty Years and Thrust Them Into Prison, Are Now Suffering Everyday the Distress That They Inflicted on Us in a Month
266. Good News for Elderly Women and an Admonishment for Young Girls Who Do Not Want to Marry
267. A Pleasant Memory From Prison
268. We Have Sent the Completely True Piece, 'the Risale-i Nur Cannot Be Destroyed!' to the Home Addresses of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice
269. Mahkeme-i Kübraya Şekva Ve Müdafaatın Bir Haşiyesi Olan Parçanın Hülâsasıdır
270. The World of Islam Will Congratulate and Applaud Your Success in Publishing the Risale-i Nur
271. You Have Learnt Instinctively an Important Truth of the Risale-i Nur, and You Should Still Keep It in Mind
272. They Are Both Saids and Are Visiting You and Congratulating You in My Place, and Will Tell You the Other Things I Had to Say to You
273. President Celal Bayar's Telegraph Reply to Our Master's Telegraph of Congratulation
274. I Have Sent Fifteen Copies of the Words Collection to Ankara. They Were Very Useful
275. The New Government Slowly Understands That True Power Resides in the Qur'an
276. Should Take up Those Collections From the Risale-i Nur in My Place, and Protect and Inherit Them, and Try to Have Them Translated Into Arabic
277. In What Has the Meaning of a Small Nur School in Ankara, Young Saids and Devotees of the Risale-i Nur Read One of the Collections Every Evening
278. Just Like the Isparta Heroes, Eflani and Safranbolu Work Continuously
279. An Addendum to the Defence Speech
280. A Letter From the Vatican's Private Secretariat
281. The Nurjus Found the Most Powerful of Those Working for the Cause of Belief
282. Part of Seyyid Salih's Letter
283. There Is Nothing to Worry About Here Now. the Anxiety on the 5th of March Was Dispelled on the 18th of April. the Police Station Became a Nur Station
284. The Egyptian Radio Spoke so Much About the Ascension on Wednesday Night, That I Celebrated It on Both Wednesday Night and on Thursday Night
285. I Am Going to Explain to You Only Three of Many Points Related to the Piece About the Air
286. I Submit the Following to Religious, Patriotic, and Zealous Deputies
287. A Tree Which Would Be a Seed to the Medrese Sciences Would Be Bestowed and That the Person Who Served the Tree Would Have Numerous Rivals and Opponents
288. The Risale-i Nur and the Nur Students Are Under the Protection of Divine Providence
289. More Than the Hojas and Even the Sufis, the Duty of Members of the Police Force Demands That They Should Be God-Fearing, Preserve Themselves From Serious Sins, and Perform Their Religious Obligations
290. This Letter, Which Our Master Wrote Long Ago, Was Added to the Court Decision Since It Answers Fully the Accusations of Securing Personal Influence and Exploiting Religion for Political Ends
291. This Is a Truth of the Greatest Importance Which Was Composed Due to a Spiritual Admonishment, and Which, If You Deem It Appropriate, May Be Given to the Prime Minister and Religious Deputies
292. A Lesson From Signs of Miraculousness Given by Our Master to Santral Sabri and Siddik Süleyman in Emirdağ
293. Statement of Purpose and a Brief Translation of It
294. A Summary of the Statement of Purpose and Its Translation
295. I Am Compelled to Answer Privately Two of Your Questions Which in Many Ways Are Important
296. We Congratulate with Our Whole Life and Spirit a Significant Section of the Religious Democrats for Their Support of the Risale-i Nur's Free Dissemination
297. A Meaningful Memory of Emirdağ
298. If Anyone Has a Household of Four or Five People, He Should Make His House Into a Small Nur School
299. We Are Sending You This Letter in Order to Consult You and Learn Your Opinion Concerning a Subtle Matter
300. It Is Good That the Trials Have Been Postponed. the Troubles Inflicted on the Risale-i Nur and on the Nurjus Have Been Transformed Into Mercy, Which Shows That There Must Be Some Good in Their Postponement
301. Some Notes Our Master Dictated, and We Wrote Down
302. You, the Leading Students of the Medresetü'z-Zehra, Demonstrate That Medrese's Essential Meaning, Which for Fifty-Five Years Has Been My Long-Sought Goal and Is a Result of My Life
303. I Was Given One of the Old Said's Printed Works. I Took a Curious and Careful Look at It. the Following Piece Was Imparted to My Heart
304. We Considered It Appropriate to Tell You a Summary of a Lesson That Was Given at the Request of the Leading Students of the Medresetü'z-Zehra
305. I Have Just Read the Invocations at the Beginning of the Shining Lamp and I Saw That Many Wondrous Truths Are Concealed Beneath the Veils of Familiarity, Habit, and Monotony
306. An Addendum to a Key to the World of the Risale-i Nur
307. I Opened Zülfikar the Miracles of Muhammad to Correct It, and the Following Lines Struck My Eye
308. With the Idea of Hindering the Shining Conquests of the Risale-i Nur, Covert Enemies of Religion Are Troubling Us with Arbitrary Laws and by Utilizing Certain Officials
309. I Say the Following in Reply to the Accusation That I Exploit Religious Emotions for Politics
310. The Objections Presented in 1952 to the Court in Istanbul Conducting the a Guide for Youth Trial, in Reply to the Experts' Committee
311. To the Public Health Committee
312. I Am Sending This Letter with My Brother Karakoçanli Haji Sabri, Who Has Connections with the Risale-i Nur and Was One of My Companions During the Hajj
313. However Much I Offer Thanks to My Compassionate Lord for Continually Making Us Aware of the Effects of Your Spiritual Training, It Is Insufficient
314. The Merits You See Are Not Mine, They Are the Risale-i Nur's. and It Is a Commentary on One True Aspect of the All-Wise Qur'an
315. The Risale-i Nur Explains the Truth About Everything and Leaves No Need for Other Expositions
316. To the Chief Judge of the Court
317. To Be Duplicated Are an Arabic Qur'anic Commentary and a Collection, the Arabic Mathnawi of the Risale-i Nur, Which Is the Size of Zülfikar and Deserves to Be Written in Gold, God Willing
318. This Letter Was Published in the Newspaper Büyük Cihad, in Samsun
319. A Truth About the Life of Our Society Which Was Imparted to My Heart
320. Our Master, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, Used This Defence Speech, Published in Samsun by the Newspaper Büyük Cihad, in the Court in Istanbul and the Case Resulted in an Acquittal
321. An Article by Journalist 'isa 'abd Al-Qadir, Which Appeared in the Newspaper Ad-Difā', Published in Baghdad, in 1954
322. 'isa 'abd Al-Qadir, a Writer on the Political Newspaper Ad-Difa', Which Is Published in Baghdad, Says the Following
323. A Letter Written by Our Master to the Prime Minister, Adnan Menderes, Who Appreciates the Services Rendered by the Risale-i Nur to the Country, Nation, and Islam
324. We Present an Addendum to Some Facts We Wrote Previously About the Life of Our Society with the Intention of Sending It to Adnan Menderes.
325. I Was Grateful to the Owner and Writers of Büyük Cihad, a Newspaper Which Serves Religion Sincerely. 'may God Be Pleased with Them!' I Exclaimed
326. Having Received a Summons From Samsun, I Am Presenting My Brief Reply to Its Panel of Judges
327. An Event of the Greatest Importance, a Petition, and a Complaint
328. No One Is Answerable for Another's Error, Even the Perpetrator's Brother
329. In Ankara, on the Pretext of the Staff of Moses and a Guide for Youth, They Came to Take All the Risale-i Nur off One of Our Brothers
330. We Say This to the Cabinet and Tevfik İleri
331. The Reply to a Falsifying Journalist Concerning the University of the East
332. It Was Indeed a Good Thing That Our Case Was Postponed and Transferred to Ankara Court
333. A Letter of Our Master Concerning Visitors
334. Since the Risale-i Nur's Way Is the Way of Friendship and Urfa Is the Seat of Abraham, the Friend of God, God Willing, Our Way of Following in the Footsteps of Abraham Will Shine Out There
335. Urfa Is Blessed with Its Very Stones and Soil
336. Together with These Two Sicknesses, Physical and Spiritual, I Suddenly Felt a Sympathy for All Living Creatures and Their Pains
337. I Tell My Dear Brothers Who Wish to Meet with Me
338. Our Master Has Exerted Himself to Found in Eastern Anatolia an Islamic University Called the Medresetü'z-Zehra Which Would Correspond to Al-Azhar University
339. They Read Me a Newspaper the Articles of Which I Saw Consisted of Lies and Slanders. Such Slanders Are Extremely Harmful for Both Isparta and the Publishers of the Risale-i Nur
340. A Reply to the Fabricated News That Our Master Was Touring the Villages
341. The Nur Students Are Preservers of Public Order
342. While Travelling From Egirdir to Barla, an Awesome Sea-Storm Removed All the Difficulties and Led to the Appearance of a Great Instance of Mercy, as with the Serious Illness on the Night of Power
343. In Order to Serve Belief and to Save the Nation From Anarchy, And, by Preserving with All My Strength Public Order, I Have Sacrificed My Comfort, Honour, and Dignity
344. Our Master's Will
345. A Statement About Menderes' Konya Speech
346. Isparta Is My True Home. Since This Is So, I Want the Best for It and for Its People
347. In Order to Preserve the Dignity of Learning, Since His Early Youth Our Master Never Demeaned Himself Even Before the Loftiest Leaders
348. A Copy of the Letter Our Master Sent the Panel of Judges at Afyon Court
349. The Nur Students' Letter to Adnan Menderes
350. A Reminder to the Democrats Concerning an Important Fact
351. An Instructive Lesson and Cause of Wonder and Thanks
352. At the Democrat Congress in Ankara, They Wanted to Assign Me a Post in the Directorate of Religious Affairs
353. Concerning the Fact That Belief Has Afforded Me Paradisaical Pleasures in My Life in This World Too
354. We Are Obliged to Explain a Secret, Extraordinary Mental State of Our Master so That No Offence Is Felt by Those Who Come to Visit Him and Cannot See Him
355. Üstad Bediuzzaman Said Nursi Applies the First Cement to the Foundations of the Mosque Being Built for the Third Military Training Division
356. A Conversation with Hüseyin Avni and Tahsin Tola
357. An Addendum to the Last Will and Testament
358. We Are Sending This for Your Information, to Refute the Libellous Statements That Have Appeared in Some Newspapers
359. A Complaint to the Supreme Tribunal Has Been Published Several Times in the Biography, and I Am Describing It as a Short Addendum to the Complaint
360. To the President of the Republic and Prime Minister
361. There Are Thousands or Even Hundreds of Thousands of Young Saids to Speak and Teach in My Place
362. We Are Explaining an Important Fact to Both Officials, and Our Friends
363. The Newspaper Cumhuriyet, Which Opposes Us, Completely Misreported My Defence Speech and Distorted the Meaning
364. This Letter Is Also a Reply to Our Brothers Who Sent Congratulations to Our Master by Either Telegraph or Letter for the Night of Acquittal
365. I Am Proclaiming This Last Will and Testament to All My Friends and My Nur Brothers
366. Thinking That Since the Appointed Hour Is Not Known, It Could Occur Any Time, This Will and Testament Was Imparted to Me Due to a Severe, Internal Illness
367. One Sort of Coincidences Are the Clear Coincidences in the Name Allah. Our Miraculous Qur'an Shows These Latter Coincidences
368. One of the Main Reasons I Have Come to Ankara This Time Is to See Namik Gedik, the Interior Minister, and to Say the Following to Adnan Bey and Prominent Persons Like Tevfik Ileri
369. Some Leading Members of the Former Party Who Did Not Want His Biography to Be Published
370. The Time Has Come to Explain a Strange Mental State of Our Master in the Face of the Public Prosecutors
371. A Letter of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi to the Newspapers
372. The Last Instruction Our Master Bediuzzaman Gave the Nur Students Generally Before His Death
Comparisons of Belief and Disbelief
Rational Arguments

I pray every morning for all the people of Urfa, including the women and children and those lying in their graves. I send my greetings to them all. Urfa is blessed with its very stones and soil. I am very ill. Let them pray for me too.

The Enduring One, He is the Enduring One!Saîd Nursî