sions to the important parts of the Risale-i Nur and their arrangement, in meaning:
These letters of light, gather together their properties;
And study their meanings, for through them good is fulfilled.
That is: “The words and letters of the Risale-i Nur, which we alluded to; collect their properties and study their meanings, for all good and happiness is achieved through them.” It may be inferred from the phrase “Study the meanings of the letters” that it refers not to the letters, which express no meaning, but to the treatises called Sözler, which means The Words.
Our Sustainer! Do not call us to task if we forget or do wrong.1 * None knows the Unseen save God.
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My Dear, Loyal Brother, Re’fet Bey!
I cannot meet with indifference your learned questions since they are the keys to important truths contained in the part of the Risale-i Nur called Mektûbat (Letters). A short answer is as follows:
Since the Qur’an is a pre-eternal address and speaks with all the classes of humanity and all the groups of worshippers, it has to possess numerous meanings conformable with them, and numerous levels of the universal meanings. Some commentators choose only the most general or the most explicit meaning, or one which expresses an obligatory act or a confirmed practice of the Prophet (PBUH). For example, for the verse, And in the night glorify God2 they mention an important sunna, the two rak‘as of the tahajjud prayer, and for the verse the flight of the stars3 the early morning Fajr sunna, which is a confirmed Practice of the Prophet (PBUH). And there are numerous other constituents of the former meaning. My brother! Speaking with you does not cease.
My Dear, Loyal Brothers!
I have just performed the noon prayer and it occurred to me when I was reciting the tesbihat that you were all probably sad at thinking of yourselves and your relations at home. It suddenly came to mind that if
Qur’an, 2:286.
Qur’an, 52:49.