Perles Eternelles

It is apparent from the overreaction of the Interior Minister, Shükrü Kaya, and the Government, the furore started in the press, and the rumours put around both in Isparta and Eskishehir, that the intention was to do away with Bediuzzaman. …

The prison authorities did not neglect to plant an informer in the ward where Bediuzzaman’s students were. ‘Postman Kâmil’ as he was called was doing his military service as a gendarme in Eskishehir when he was assigned to the job. …

Conditions in the prison were appalling. Bediuzzaman was put in solitary confinement, the others together in a ward. Their number grew from thirty-two to one hundred and twenty as they were joined by more Students arrested elsewhere. Once they entered …

The Arrests Start On 25 April, 1935, a number of Bediuzzaman’s students were taken from their homes and places of work and held in custody. Two days later Bediuzzaman himself and another group were arrested. It was the start of …

In the summer of 1934 Bediuzzaman wrote to one of his students in Isparta, a calligrapher called Tenekeci Mehmed, saying that things had become intolerable in Barla. He wrote: “My brother, the torments of the teacher and Chief District Officer …

In early February 1934, Bediuzzaman wrote this letter to Re’fet Bey in Isparta: “My Dear, Loyal, Meticulous, and Ardent Brother, Re’fet Bey! “However much you want to talk with me, I want to talk with you probably more. But unfortunately, …

As the Risale-i Nur became more widely spread and it became clear to the authorities that they had failed to stifle Bediuzzaman’s endeavors in the cause of Islam, they stepped up their pressure on him. The aim was by constantly …

As a form of thanks and also in order to encourage his students in their work in the difficult conditions of the time, Bediuzzaman dedicated a long section of one of his letters to describing a number of “divine favours” …

By degrees the Risale-i Nur was disseminated as the writing of it became more widespread. Particularly in the area of Isparta, there were eventually thousands of Students of the Risale-i Nur, men and women, young and old, who devoted themselves …

These letters were written to Hulûsi Yahyagil,[26. Yahyagil, Haji Hulûsi, in Son Sahitler, i, 33-55.] “the first student of the Risale-i Nur”. Then serving as a captain in the army stationed at Egridir, he first visited Bediuzzaman in the spring …