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Second Example: My nephew, the late Abdurrahman, had a much higher opinion of me per­sonally than was my due, despite his having parted from me eight years previously and having been tainted by the heedlessness and worries of the world. He wanted such help from me that I did not have and could not give. But the All-Wise Qur'an's saintly influence came to his assistance: the Tenth Word about the resurrection of the dead came into his possession three months before his death. It cleansed him of his spiritual dirt and doubts and heedlessness. Quite simply as though he had risen to the degree of sainthood, he displayed three clear instances of wonder-working in the letter he wrote me before he died. It is included among the pieces of the Twenty-Seventh Letter, and may be referred to.

Third Example: I had a brother of the hereafter and student who was one of those who approach reality with their hearts', called Hasan Efendi from Burdur. He had an excessively good opinion of me, far better than I deserved, and expected assistance from this unfortunate one as though awaiting the grace and influence of a great saint. Suddenly, in completely unrelated fashion, I gave the Thirty-Second Word to someone to study who lived in one of the villages of Burdur. Later I remembered Hasan Efendi and I said: "If you go to Burdur, give it to Hasan Efendi, and let him peruse it for five or six days." The man went straight away and gave it to Hasan Efendi. It was only thirty or forty days till his death. Like a man suffering terri­ble thirst casts himself on the sweet water of Kaw-thar, he cast himself on the Thirty-Second Word. He studied it continuously and received its effulgence, especially the discussion on the love of God in the Third Stopping-Place, till he was completely cured of his ills. He found in it the enlightenment he would have expected from the greatest spiritual pole. He went to the mosque in good health, per­formed the prayer, and there surrendered his spirit to the Most Merciful. (May God have mercy on him.)

Fourth Example: As is testified to by Hulusi Bey's piece in the Twenty-Seventh Letter, he found in the light-filled Words, which interpret the mysteries of the Qur'an, assistance and succour, effulgence and light greater than in the Naqshi way, the most important and influential Sufi order.

Fifth Example: My brother Abdulmecid suffered terribly at the death of Abdurrahman (May God have mercy on him) and at other grievous events. He also awaited from me assistance and influence I was unable to give. I was not corre­sponding with him. Suddenly I sent him some of the most important of the Words. After studying them, he wrote to me and said: "Praise be to God, I have been saved! I would have gone mad. Each of those Words has become like a spiritual guide for me. I had parted from one guide, but I suddenly found lots of guides at once, and I was saved." I realized that truly Abdiil mecid had embarked on a good way and had been saved from his former difficulties.

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