In His Name, be He glorified! And there is nothing but it glorifies Him with praise.
Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings, for ever and ever!
My Dear, Loyal, Faithful, Devoted Brothers!
Firstly: I congratulate you with my whole life and spirit on your exceptional, luminous work for the cause of belief.
Secondly: At the Democrat Congress in Ankara, they wanted to assign me a post in the Directorate of Religious Affairs and to induce the Nur students of the Medresetü'z‑Zehrâ to persuade me to accept it. So I say this:
I offer my thanks to the deputies who made this proposal at the meeting and to their religious friends, and I send them my greetings and pray for their success. But I am extremely weak, ill, and elderly, and at the door of the grave and wretched, and I do not have the strength to perform such sacred duties. So just as in my place and upto now the collective personality of the Nur students and of the select, sincere, true devotees of Islam have been carrying out that duty unofficially and unobtrusively; so too, God willing, they will be able to perform it officially. We refer it to them.
The Enduring One, He is the Enduring One!Your brother who is need of your prayers,Saîd Nursî