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THE SCHOOL OF YUSUF

attention is attracted to the Risale-i Nur through our imprison-
ment; it is like an advertisement. The most stubborn or those in
most need find it and save their belief; their obduracy is broken
and they are saved from danger, and the Risale-i Nur’s circle of
study is widened. 9

Yes, since the Risale-i Nur question is of importance for the
Islamic world in general and this country in particular, there
should be lively gatherings such as that in order to attract every-

one’s attention to its truths. For in its glittering fashion, beyond
all our hopes and precautions, and our concealing it, and our en-
emies belittling it, and outside our wills, the Risale-i Nur teaches
its truths openly to friend and foe alike. It unhesitatingly di-
vulges its most private secrets to the most distant stranger. Since
the truth is this, we should consider our trifling difficulties to be
a bitter medicine like quinine, and offering thanks in patience,
say: “This too will pass, Allah willing.” 10

In The School Of Yusuf, Believers Demonstrate
Their Devotion And Support For Each Other,
And Find An Opportunity To Purify Of Their

Inadequacies
Another positive aspect of the School of Yusuf is the solidarity it
reinforces among believers who are inmates. They are together 24
hours a day, in a small building, day or night, knowing each others’

every temperament, but regard each other with compassion, and
learn from each others better behavior. They are role models, each in
their own way; some by their purity, others with their intellect, re-

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