THE FLASHES
THE TWENTY-SECOND FLASH
I now present this highly confidential treatise, which I wrote twenty-two years ago in BarlaA village in Isparta Province, where Said Nursi lived in exile from 1926 to 1934 and wrote many parts of the Risale-i Nur Collection., a village in the province of IspartaA city and province in southwestern Turkey, known for its rose cultivation and natural beauty. It holds particular significance in the life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, who spent many years in the region during his exile, writing and spreading the Risale-i Nur with the help of his students., and which at the time I showed only to my most trusted, devoted, and sincere brothers, to the just governor of IspartaA city and province in southwestern Turkey, known for its rose cultivation and natural beauty. It holds particular significance in the life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, who spent many years in the region during his exile, writing and spreading the Risale-i Nur with the help of his students., its judicial authorities, and its police, for it demonstrates my bond with the people and administration of IspartaA city and province in southwestern Turkey, known for its rose cultivation and natural beauty. It holds particular significance in the life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, who spent many years in the region during his exile, writing and spreading the Risale-i Nur with the help of his students..
If deemed appropriate, a few copies may be typed out, whether in the new or the old script, so that those who have sought to uncover my secrets and kept me under surveillance for the past twenty-five or thirty years may understand that we have no secrets to conceal. Let it be known that this very treatise is our most closely guarded secret.
Said Nursi
The Three Indications
This section originally formed part of the Third Matter of the Seventeenth Note of the Seventeenth Flash. However, owing to the gravity and breadth of the questions it addresses, and the strength and clarity of its answers, it was included as the Twenty-Second Flash of the Thirty-First Letter.
It merits a separate place in The Flashes and is confidential, intended exclusively for our most devoted, sincere, and faithful brothers.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحٖيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate
وَمَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللّٰهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ بَالِغُ اَمْرِهِ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللّٰهُ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدْرًاAnd whoever places his trust in Allah, He is sufficient for him. Indeed, Allah will accomplish His purpose. Allah has appointed a measure for all things. — The Qur’an 65:3
This matter consists of three indications.
The First Indication
An important question concerning myself and the Risale-i Nur:
Many people ask: “Although you do not interfere in the affairs of worldly people, why do they continually interfere in your affairs of the Hereafter, when no law of any government interferes with one who has turned away from the world and lives in seclusion?”
The Answer: The New SaidThe second major period in the life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, during which he withdrew from political and public affairs and devoted himself to strengthening Islamic faith through spiritual reflection, Qur’anic teachings, and the writing of the Risale-i Nur.'s response to this question is silence. He says, “Let Divine Decree answer on my behalf.”
Nevertheless, the Old SaidThe first major period in the life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, during which he was actively involved in public affairs, education, and efforts to reform Muslim society. This period preceded his spiritual transformation into the “New Said,” when he devoted himself primarily to strengthening Islamic faith through the Risale-i Nur., whom he has been compelled, as it were, to borrow for a time, says the following:
It is the government of IspartaA city and province in southwestern Turkey, known for its rose cultivation and natural beauty. It holds particular significance in the life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, who spent many years in the region during his exile, writing and spreading the Risale-i Nur with the help of his students. and the people of this province who should answer this question. For they are more deeply concerned than I am with what lies behind it. Since the government, with its thousands of officials, and the people, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, are obliged to consider this matter on my behalf and defend me, why should I needlessly engage with my accusers and undertake my own defence?