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First Matter which is the First Booklet: Facts about dream interpretations.

Twenty-eighth Letter: It consists of eight matters that contain different issues.

Twenty-seventh Letter: It was published separately under the titles of Barla, Kastamonu, and Emirdağ Addenda.

Tenth Matter: A principle related to those who want to visit Badiuzzaman Said Nursi.

Ninth Matter: “Can there be a way of sainthood apart from Ahl as-Sunnah?”

Eighth Matter: Is the translation of the Quran and sentences of dhikr possible?

Seventh Matter: It was written in order to eliminate the fears of those who stopped serving Islam temporarily due to various reasons and who received divine blows and in order to give them moral support.

Sixth Matter: The explanation of “Dispute with Satan” in the First Topic.

Fifth Matter: Can a person who says “La ilaha illallah (There is no god but Allah)” but does not say “Muhammadun Rasulullah (Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah)” find salvation?

Fourth Matter: What is the wisdom behind the hadith: “Renew your belief by means of ‘La ilaha illallah (There is no god but Allah)’”? How is belief renewed?

Third Matter: In what way is the verse, “We have honored the sons of Adam”(al-Isra: 70) conformable with the verse, “He was indeed unjust and foolish”(al-Ahzab: 72)?

Second Matter: Muhyiddin Arabi states the following in his letter to Fakhruddin Razi: “To know Allah is different to knowing that He exists.” What does it mean?

The First: It mentions the wisdom behind the phrase “eighteen thousand realms”.

Fourth Topic: It consists of ten unrelated matters, which form the answers to six questions.

Seventh Matter: A call to those who show too much patriotism in negative nationalism.

Sixth Matter: It addresses those who go to excess in negative nationalism and mentions the importance of the patriotism of Islam.

Fifth Matter: Asian and European nations having different structures.

Fourth Matter: It mentions positive nationalism that enlivens social life.

Third Matter: It is an answer given to those who try to include the idea of nationalism in Islam in a negative way.

Second Matter: It explains the principle of “knowing one another and solidarity” in the verse.

First Matter: It explains the sublime truth expressed by the following verse with the tongue of Old Said: “O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, ... (al-Hujurat: 13)

Third Topic: It consists of seven matters about nationality and solidarity in the community.

Second Topic: It explains Badiuzzaman Said Nursi’s three different personalities.

First Topic: It is an answer given to Satan and the delusion of his followers about the Quran.

The Twenty-Sixth Letter: It consists of four topics.

Twenty-Fifth Letter: It is a booklet consisting of 25 points on the chapter of Yasin but it was not written.

The Second Addendum to the Twenty-Fourth Letter: It is a short explanation about the Ascension (Miraj) of Hz. Muhammad (pbuh) and his Birth. The meaning of Mawlid and the necessity of reciting Mawlid.

The First Addendum to the Twenty-Fourth Letter: It explains the interpretation of the following verse and states the importance of supplication (dua): “O people! No importance would your Sustainer attach to you were it not for your supplication.”

Twenty-Fourth Letter: It explains an important secret of the obscure secrets of the universe, and wisdoms behind the manifestations the divine names of ar-Rahim (All- Compassionate) al-Karim (The Generous) and Wadud (Loving). It consists of two stations.

Your Seventh Question: Is the following statement a hadith and what is the wisdom behind it?: “The best of your youths are those who resemble men of mature age.” It also explains the wisdom behind Hz. Yusuf’s statement.