One of Ustad’s students and scribes, Lieutenant Re’fet Barutçu Ağabey recounts of happenings whilst in the writing of the Risale-i Nur: Ustad would not keep any book other than the Qur’an with him whilst the treatises were being written. We would constantly keep pen and paper near. When the writing was starting, he would always Continue reading

In Barla, during the very first instances of the writing of the Risale-i Nur, one of Ustad’s scribes, Şamlı Hafız Tevfik Ağabey, recounts: “When the pieces were beginning to be written, our Ustad would focus his eye on a single point. he would stare at it with immense focus… he would say ‘write, my brother, Continue reading

The introduction to the collection, written by Ustad decades later in Turkish and added before publication, was not included in the English translation. Here is my rendition. Introduction This collection, which holds the rank of being the Risale-i Nur’s Arabic Masnavi-i Sharif, has an introduction consisting of 5 points. The First Point 40 or 50 Continue reading