My Dear, Loyal Brother, Re’fet Bey!
Out of respect for the Qur’an of Mighty Stature, and for the sake of your relations with the Qur’an, and in honour of your twenty years of service to belief through the Risale‑i Nur, quickly put an end to this apparently small, but, because of the sensitivity of our situation, terrible and grievous quarrel between you. For it greatly assists the covert dissemblers who are trying to destroy us, and is like putting a match to gunpowder. There is otherwise a strong possibility that because of an ounce of personal rights tons of harm will come to us and our service of the Qur’an and belief.
I swear that if one of you were to insult me most terribly and entirely trample my honour but not give up serving the Qur’an, belief, and the Risale‑i Nur, I would forgive him and make peace with him and try not to be offended.
You know that our enemies try to take advantage of the slightest unmannerliness, so make it up quickly. Stop being petulant, which is meaningless and so harmful. Otherwise, like Şemsi, Şefik, and Tevfik, some of us will apparently join those who oppose us, causing great harm and deficiency to our service of belief. Up to now divine favour has made up for any losses by bestowing numerous others who work on the same system. Allah willing, it will again come to our aid.
Said Nursi