In His Name, be He glorified!
My Dear, Loyal, Devoted, Sincere, Earnest Brothers and True, Serious, Steadfast Friends in the Service of the Qur'an!
I am going to describe to you a state of mind of great significance and an illness I suffer from which is apparently extremely troublesome but in fact comprises a considerable instance of divine mercy and providence, and affords an ease of the spirit and is a sign that my task is completed. So I do not complain but offer thanks. I nevertheless request your prayers so that I may endure it. That state of mind is as follows:
If I say something, I am suddenly overcome by a tremendous thirst and am as though prevented. Formerly, I used to drink some water once or twice a day, but now, although I eat very little, I am compelled to drink water twenty or thirty times. In fact, two days ago it was even worse and I supposed I had been poisoned. I divulged this suspicion to the brothers who were with me. I beseeched divine mercy for patience and fortitude so that I might bear that crushing illness. Then suddenly it came to my heart that there has been a manifestation of providence and mercy in most of the difficulties I have suffered in my lifetime, so, God willing, there will be a ray of mercy in this too. It was this: the atheists' and the Satans from among men and the jinn's trying to poison me and silence me is an instance of divine mercy showing that I have fulfilled my duty and will take my rest. For last year I started to teach the Qur'anic commentary Ishārāt al‑I'jāz and the Arabic Mathnawī, and this continued for a year. Then although my covert enemies, the Satans from among men and jinn, tried with their various plots to silence me, divine mercy bestowed the Turkish translations of both works and for the greater part, the Risale-i Nur taught itself, leaving no need for teachers. As a consequence, as a divine bounty, this extraordinary illness was a means of releasing me from my duties of teaching and of my taking a rest.
It also occurred to my spirit that there are thousands or even hundreds of thousands of young Saids to speak and teach in my place. Through divine grace, the Risale‑i Nur does not need onerous instruction like the other religious sciences. The wondrous prediction of Gawth Geylânî, You are protected within the purview of Providence, appears to be exactly true both at that time and now.
And now that enemies are becoming friends, speaking and meeting with people may well be the delectable, fleeting fruits in this world of our service which looks to the hereafter, It therefore should be made the tool of nothing lest maximum sincerity be impaired.
Also, one should not interfere in God's business; divine determining ordained and permitted this severe condition, not against me, but for me. I appoint as my deputies my spiritual sons the youths who are with me and I have named in my will. I regard anyone who speaks with them as speaking with myself.
The Enduring One, He is the Enduring One!Your brother,Saîd Nursî
This illness our Master suffers shows that the covert atheists discovered a drug that prevents speech and they administered it to him. In short, we also see that he has been prevented from shaking hands with people, and meeting and talking with them.
Those who attend on him,Tâhirî, Zübeyir, Ceylân, Hüsnü, Bayram