Risale-i Nur/The Rays/The Fourteenth Ray/Letters written by Bediuzzaman to his students while in Afyon Prison in order to console… (s:507)

.gain for a person an eighty-year lifetime of worship, and which is probably among the coming nights body {font-family:'Thorndale AMT',serif;font-size:12.0pt} h2 {margin-left:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-top:0.0835in;margin-bottom:0.0in;border:none;padding:0;text-indent:0.2953in;text-align:justify;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-style:italic;font-size:12.0pt;color:#000000;clear:left} gain for a person an eighty-year lifetime of worship, and which is probably among the coming nights.Secondly: According to the meaning of “Whoever believes in Divine Determining is saved from grief and sorrow,” and “Look on the good side of things,” and,Those who listen to the Word and follow the best [meaning] in it; those are the ones whom God has guided, and those are the ones endued with understanding,1we should now look on the good side of everything, the aspect that affords ease of mind, so that meaningless, unnecessary, harmful, ugly, distressing, temporary circumstances do not hold our attention and preoccupy our minds. In the Eighth Word, one man entered a garden while another left it. The fortunate man looked at the flowers and beautiful things, and relaxed and enjoyed himself. But the unfortunate one looked only at the dirty, ugly things, although he was unable to clean them up, so he was nauseated and upset instead of resting, and then went on his way. Now, the stages of man’s social life, and especially the School of Joseph, resembles a garden. It contains both ugly and beautiful things, and distressing and happy things. The sensible person is he who busies himself with the beautiful, happiness-inducing things, and ignores the ugly, distressing things, and offers thanks happily instead of complaining querulously. S a i d N u r s i* * *My Dear, Loyal Brothers!Firstly: There is a strong possibility that tomorrow night is the Night of Power. Some of the scholarly authorities stated it is tomorrow. Even if it is not in fact, since the Umma consider it to be so, God willing it will be accepted as such.Secondly: I am anxious about the comfort of our brothers in Ward Six, where there was a disturbance. There is a finger from outside which stirs up the prison, and particularly Ward Six. Our brothers there should be careful and cautious, and not get mixed up in anything.Thirdly: Have you sent the piece to the lawyer, to have it read to the Chairman of the Court? Also, because it is the same matter, Halil Hilmi is not only Sabri’s lawyer, but everyone’s. That is how I look on him. He should now assist our first lawyer on account of all of us.

Qur’an, 39:18.

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