In His Name, be He glorified!

My Dear, Loyal Brothers!

For all calamities: To Allah do we belong, and to Him is our return. The deaths of Hafız Ali, Hafız Mehmed, and Mehmed Zühdü were truly a great loss not only for us, but for Isparta and even for this country and the Islamic world. But up to now, as a manifestation of divine grace, whenever a Risale‑i Nur student has been lost, two or three have immediately appeared who follow the same system. I have powerful hopes therefore that serious students will emerge who will carry out those students’ duties in another form. Anyway, those three blessed people performed a hundred years’ worth of duties serving the cause of belief in a short period. May the Most Merciful of the Merciful grant them mercy to the number of the letters of the Risale‑i Nur that they wrote, published, and read. Amen!

Offer my condolences to Hafız Mehmed’s relations and his blessed village for me. I have made him a companion to Hafız Ali and Mehmed Zühdü, and have included the names of the three of them among the names of those of my masters who were spiritual poles. And I have made Hafız Akif the companion of Asım and Lütfi.