anxiety; so too, since those copies will form the source for others written out by hand, they have become like hundreds of ‘correctors.’ May the Most Merciful of the Merciful have written in the records of their good works, a thousand merits for each letter of those collections. Amen. Amen. Amen.

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An Auspicious Dream which turned out to be true

Ali, who assists me, came to me and said: “I had a dream in which you and Husrev kissed the hand of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him).” Then I received the letter telling me that the Hajjis had seen The Staff of Moses Collection, which had been written out by Husrev, on the Prophet’s (PBUH) tomb. This is to say, in effect The Staff of Moses kissed the Prophet’s (PBUH) hand in my place by means of Husrev’s pen, and was found acceptable by the Prophet (PBUH).

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In His Name, be He glorified!

My Dear, Loyal Brothers and Companions in Prison!

Firstly: Do not worry that we have not been able to meet in person. We are constantly together in spirit. Whichever of the treatises of the Risale-i Nur you are able to get hold of and read, and which you listen to, you will see me within it, but as a servant of the Qur’an instead of my insignificant person, and you may converse with me. For my part, I meet with you in imagination in all my prayers and in what you have written, and it is as though we are all the time together in some sphere of existence.

Secondly: We say this to the new students of the Risale-i Nur in this new School of Joseph: as indicated by the Qur’an, and as even the committee of experts had to admit, “The faithful Risale-i Nur students will enter their graves in a state of belief. And through the effulgence its collective personality, according to his degree, each