My Dear, Loyal Brothers! In my view your prison fruits are as agreeable and valuable as fruits of Paradise. They confirm the great hopes I had for you and what I had claimed, as well as demonstrating beautifully the power of solidarity. Similarly to three or four alifs put side by side, those blessed pens uniting while suffering severe oppression yielded a value of three or four hundred. The state of mind which preserves your unity in these confused conditions proves what I said yesterday.

Yes – there is no error in the comparison – just as according to the Sunnis the position of a great saint regarding service of Islam is lower than that of a Companion of the Prophet (UWBP), so a sincere brother who forgoes the pleasures of the soul in serving belief at this time and practising humility preserves solidarity and unity, is given a position higher than that of a saint. This was the conclusion I came to and you confirm it constantly.

May Allah the Most High be eternally pleased with you. Amen!