An Instructive Lesson and Cause of Wonder and Thanks
With all their plots and intrigues, the inimical secret societies which for fifty years have opposed me, have, for the last twenty‑nine years, tried to incite the government and judiciary against me, and employing every device, have attracted the attention of the courts, to induce them to investigate and scrutinize my one hundred and thirty books and thousands of letters. Although five of those courts ruled for definite acquittals and the return of all the books since they contain nothing reprehensible, and although in connection with the recent Malatya Incident, our covert enemies again tried to direct the attention of the government and judiciary towards us, twenty-three courts stated that they could find nothing that constituted an offence. Nothing was found despite there being so many hostile people searching for pretexts in the one hundred and thirty books of a person like me who has very few relations with the worldly and sacrifices nothing for a truth like the Risale-i Nur. And apart from a single matter, Islamic dress, in Eskişehir Court, it was taken to be a discretionary matter after an explanation had been given. Whereas certainly something would have been found in the ten letters of a single person like a Nur student who practises God-consciousness (takvà) if they were to be studied for ten days. Thus, the fact that the courts have been unable to pinpoint anything indictable in so voluminous a work infers that it is not devoid of two things:
Certainly, it is either divine providence and protection, which shows its mercy and compassion for the Nur students, the servants of the Qur'an, so that all the courts that have dealt with us have acted with wondrous justice and not unjustly, and despite all the thousands of causes opposed to us, have assisted in serving that sacred Qur'anic truth. So for our part, we thank them with all our lives and spirits.
In olden times, sultans and the poor were tried side by side by the courts. In the time of the Caliph 'Umar's (May God be pleased with him) justice, he was tried together with a common Christian, and 'Ali (May God be pleased with him) was tried with a common Jew, which shows that the judicial system was the tool of nothing except right and truth. Thus, the courts that have been concerned with us — in their dealings with us — have manifested this great mystery of the judiciary's justice, It is because of this that despite the torments, imprisonment, and oppression I have suffered these last eight years, I have not felt offended at or cursed any member of the courts; on the contrary, I have sincerely felt indebted and a sort of gratitude, and have applauded them.
Saîd Nursî