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the Qur'an. For example, the people of our Prophet (saas) repre-
sented his collective personality. But this formed on the condi-
tion of the Prophet's (saas) existence. This will not change in the
End Times. As Bediuzzaman has said, the Prophet Jesus (as) and
Hazrat Mahdi (as) will personally exist as leaders of guidance at
the head of the communities of believers accompanying them.
Therefore, in using the term "collective personality," Bedi-
uzzaman Said Nursi used it in conformity with the law of Allah
revealed in the Qur'an. In fact, in referring to his own students
and works as a collective personality, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
was personally at its head.
The collective personality of the Risalat an-Noor includes
those students that follow it as well as the works, but Bediuzza-
man, the leader of the Noor movement, cannot be considered as
distinct from it.
This will be better understood by an examination of the
comments in the Risalat an-Noor about the second coming of the
Prophet Jesus (as):

1. IT COULD ONLY BE A WONDROUS PERSON WITH THE
POWER OF MIRACLES who could neutralize and change the way
of THE AWESOME DAJJAL, WHO WILL PRESERVE HIM-
SELF THROUGH WONDERS, BESTOWED ON HIM BY
ALLAH IN ORDER TO LEAD HIM ASTRAY, SUCH AS
MAGIC, HYPNOTIC POWERS, AND SPIRITUALISM, AND
WILL SPELLBIND EVERYONE. AND THAT PERSON WILL

BE THE PROPHET JESUS (AS), who is the prophet of the majori-
ty of mankind... (Rays, "Fifth Ray")
Bediuzzaman describes how the dajjal who will appear in
the End Times will seek to deceive people using various super-