Also, ask the elderly and the sick, who form the majority of mankind. Certainly, the great majority of them will say with sorrow and regret: "Alas! We wasted our youth on passion and fancy; indeed, harmfully. Be careful, do not do as we did!" Because, as a consequence of the illicit pleasures of five to ten years’ youth, a person suffers years of grief and sorrow in this world, torment and harm in the Intermediate Realm, and the calamities of Hell in the Hereafter. And although such a person is in a most piteable situation, he in no way deserves pity. For those who freely consent to indulge in harmful actions may not be pitied. They are not worthy of it.

May Almighty Allah save us and you from the al- luring temptations of this time, and preserve us from them. Amen.

THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION ASKED BY THE STUDENTS OF RISALE-I NUR

The question we asked ’Ustad’, our Master, was this: "For two years during the most critical times of this World War** (The Second World War), which is closely connected with the fate of the