others who work on the same system. God willing, it will again come to our aid.

S a i d N u r s i

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My Dear, Loyal Brothers!

The governor evidently very much liked The Supreme Sign and A Guide For Youth. Now he wants The Staff of Moses (Asâ-yi Musa) and Zülfikâr. I told him that I would bring them to him. If there are copies of them here in Afyon, set aside one each of The Staff of Moses, Zülfikâr (bound, large size), A Guide For Youth, and The Supreme Sign.

S a i d N u r s i

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In His Name, be He glorified!

My Dear, Loyal Brothers!

Firstly: This report has had exactly the same result as the one in Denizli. They have exonerated us on the points on which we have been charged, but in order to ingratiate themselves with them and show that they are not Nurjus, and due to a vein of Wahhabism, they have attacked us with a few scholarly criticisms. I reckon this report arrived before the indictment was written, for the indictment includes some points from it. In which case our list of errors and corrections answers them completely. What do you think of this? Also, what are my new replies like? Are they apt? I wrote them very hastily when in a wretched state.

Secondly: Up to now they were apparently preoccupied with our persons, and the questions of a political society, a sufi order, and a few unimportant private letters. But now, with seizing The Illuminating Lamp (Siracü’n-Nûr) and The Six Attacks (Hücumat-i Sitte), and the experts’ committee directing attention to the Risale-i Nur, and the machinations of our covert enemies, the Risale-i Nur has been attacked in a sort of way, which is a means of ensuring tranquillity in this country. So as with many times previously, at