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ANOTHER
CONVERSATION WITH PRISONERS
My dear
new brothers and old prisoners,
I have
been convinced that Divine Favor made you an important reason
for our entering here. That is, with its consolation and the
truths of belief, the Risale-i Nur is to save you from the
distress of imprisonment and much of the worldly harm thereof,
and to save your life, which would otherwise be wasting in grief
and sorrow, from being wasted. It is also to save you from
moaning both in this world and the next.
If this
is so, then evidently you should be brothers to one another as
the Denizli prisoners and the students of the Risale-i Nur are.
You see with your own eyes that they search through
everything-food, bread and other things-which comes to you from
outside so that a knife should not be brought in with which you
may attack each other. Besides, the guards who faithfully serve
you suffer much trouble, and you do not go out to have fresh
air, as they think that you may attack one another like wild
beasts. Now, you new friends, who are by nature heroic and
courageous, should display an example of spiritual valor and say
to the administrative board of the prison:
“Even
if, instead of knives, we were given guns and revolvers and
ordered to use them, we would not hurt these unfortunate friends
of ours who suffer the same as we do. As a requirement of belief
and Islamic brotherhood and our interests, and as the Qur’an
commands, we are determined to forgive them and to try not to
offend them, even if formerly there were a hundred reasons for
our hostility.” And by this means and attitude, you may
transform this prison into a blessed place of study.
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Last Updated on November 14, 2000
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