In His Name, be He glorified!
And there is nothing but it glorifies Him with praise.
My Dear, Loyal, Unshakeable, Constant, Devoted, Faithful Brothers!
You know that the Ankara experts’ committee was unable to deny the instances of wonder‑working and predictions looking to the Risale‑i Nur; its members only wrongly supposed that I had a part in them, and objected saying: “Such things should not have been written in the book; wonder‑working should not be made public.” In reply to this minor criticism, I said in my defence:
They are not mine and anyway I would not dare to lay claim to such wonders, they are rather distillations and flashes of the Qur’an’s miraculousness, which taking the form of wonders in the Risale‑i Nur, which is a true commentary on it, are a sort of divine bestowal (in order to strengthen the morale of its students). To make public divine bestowal is thanks of a sort and permissible, and it is acceptable.
Now, for an important reason, I shall elucidate my answer a little. I was also asked why I make them public and why I concentrate so much on this point, and why for the last few months I have gone much further in the subject. Most letters are related to the wonder‑working.
The Answer: Although at this time in the Risale‑i Nur’s service of religious belief hundreds of thousands of repairers are necessary in the face of the thousands of destructive forces; and although I have need of hundreds of scribes and assistants; and although the people and the authorities should appreciatively and encouragingly help us and get in touch with us rather than avoiding us and not having contact with us; and although the believers are obliged to give preference to serving the cause of belief over the occupations of this worldly life and its benefits, since it looks to eternal life; taking myself as an example, I say this:
Because of our opponents preventing me from having contact with people and having helpers, and from everything; and their destroying the morale of my friends as much as they possibly can, and making them look coldly on me and the Risale‑i Nur; and because of my being burdened with the duties of a thousand people despite being an aged, ill, weak, wretched stranger with no one; and because of my being compelled to avoid having contact with people and mixing with them due to a sort of physical illness caused by being isolated and oppressed; and because of their scaring off the people so effectively and destroying their morale; – because of all these and in the face of all those obstacles, I was made to write things of that sort in order to muster spiritual forces around the Risale‑i Nur, and describe the divine bestowals, which are a means of strengthening the morale of the Risale‑i Nur students, and to show that on its own the Risale‑i Nur is as powerful as an army (and is in no need of others).
For to sell myself, Allah forbid, and make myself liked, and to boast and show off would be to damage the mystery of sincerity, which is an important principle of the Risale‑i Nur. Just as, Allah willing, the Risale‑i Nur will both defend itself and demonstrate its true value, so will it in effect also defend us, and be the means of having our faults pardoned.
Sending thousands of greetings to all my brothers and sisters, and particularly to the innocent and venerable elderly, whose prayers are acceptable, and offering prayers for all, we congratulate them on the month of Ramadan and request that they pray for us.
Your ill brother,Said Nursi