Divine favour was with us and there was need for the treatise. God willing, what has been written is sound. If perhaps there are any errors in the wording of some of the Hadiths or in the names of the narrators, I request that my brothers will look on them tolerantly and correct them.

S a i d N u r s i

Ustad Said Nursi, our master, dictated and we wrote the first draft. He had no books with him, nor did he refer to any. He would suddenly dictate at great speed, and we wrote. We would write thirty, forty, and sometimes more, pages in two or three hours. We formed the conviction that this success was itself a wonder proceeding from the miracles of the Prophet Muham-mad (PBUH).

Abdullah Çavus His student in permanent attendance on him.
Süleyman Sami His scribe of rough drafts in permanent attendance on him.
Hâfiz Halid His scribe of rough drafts in permanent attendance on him.
Hâfiz Tevfik His scribe of rough and final drafts.