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My ‘azîz, siddîq brothers!

I am declaring a concern that suddenly came to my heart:

I felt and understood that since the people of dhalâlah cannot counteract or offer any effective response to the diamond swords of the Risale-i Nur, they want to shake the solidarity and mutual bond among its students by exploiting their struggle for livelihood and the ghaflah arising from the spring season and finding their weak veins by taking advantage of the differences in their mashrabs or feelings.

Beware! Exercise great caution! Do not let estrangement and divergence arise among you! Man cannot be free from error, yet the door of tawbah is open. When nafs and shaytan prompt you to object to your brother and to criticise him, even if you are right, say this: "We are obligated to sacrifice not only such minor rights of ours, but even our lives, our honour and dignity and our worldly happiness for the sake of solidarity and mutual bond, which is the strongest bond of the Risale-i Nur. Because of the ultimate result it bestows upon us, it is our duty to sacrifice everything pertaining to this world and ananiyyah." Thereby, silence your nafs!

If there is a matter of dispute, consult one another (mashwarah) but do not be too strict; not everyone shares the same mashrab. Looking at one another with tolerance is essential now.

We extend our salâm to all our brothers.