For  although a  single  order  from  his  superior  is  sufficient  to  exact  an official’s obedience,  if  the  superior  repeats  the  same  order  ten  times,  the  official  will  be seriously offended. He will say: “You are insulting me. I am not disloyal.” However, the  All-Wise  Qur’an  insistently  repeats  the  same  command  to  the  most  sincere believers.

At the time I was puzzling over this idea, I had two or three loyal friends. I frequently used to warn and remind them lest they be deceived by the machinations of satanic  humans.  They  were  not  offended  at  me,  nor  said  I  was  insulting  them. However  I  used  to  tell  myself  that  I  was  offending  them  with  these  continual admonitions  and  that  I  was  accusing  them  of  disloyalty  and  inconstancy.  Then suddenly the truth explained and  proved in the above Indications became clear. I understood that the All-Wise Qur’an’s  insistent repetitions were apt and exactly as required by the situation, and wise and not  excessive or accusing; they were pure wisdom and pure eloquence. I understood too the reason those loyal friends of mine were not offended. A summary of the truth is this:

Since evil spirits provoke people in respect of destruction, they commit much evil with few actions. People who take the path of truth and guidance, therefore, are in need of  much caution and great care and repeated warnings and various assistance. For this reason  Almighty God offers assistance to the people of belief through His thousand and one names by way of those repetitions, and stretches out thousands of compassionate hands to help them.  He does not slight their integrity, but upholds it. He does not belittle man, but shows Satan’s evil to be great.

O people of truth and people of guidance! The way to be saved from the above- mentioned wiles of satanic jinn and men is this: make your headquarters the school of the people of the truth, the Sunnis; enter the stronghold of the Qur’an of Miraculous Exposition’s incontestable matters; and take the Prophet’s (UWBP) practices as your guide; find safety and salvation!

EIGHTH INDICATION

Q u e s t i o n : You have proved in the above Indications that the way of misguidance is easy, and is destruction and aggression, so that many take it. Whereas in other parts of the Risale-i Nur you have proved decisively that the way of unbelief and misguidance is so fraught with difficulties and problems that no one should take it; that it is not possible to follow it. And you have shown that the path of belief and guidance is so easy and clear that everyone should take it.

T h e   A n s w e r : There are two sorts of unbelief and misguidance. One pertains to actions and secondary matters, and is also denial and rejection of the  matters of belief.