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Education In The School Of Yusuf

their importance is in the presence of Allah. Every hour endured
there in patience, every minute, and even every second, for a be-
liever, will be rewarded with Paradise. Allah reveals that the reward
for patience through hardship is Paradise:
Those who believe and migrate and strive in the Way of

Allah with their wealth and themselves have a higher rank
with Allah. They are the ones who are victorious. Their Lord
gives them the good news of His mercy and good pleasure
and Gardens where they will enjoy everlasting delight, re-
maining in them timelessly, for ever and ever. Truly there is
an immense reward with Allah. (Surat at-Tawba, 20-22)
Said Nursi wrote in notes to his friends that one who hopes for

Paradise can be patient under difficult conditions, and always sees
the good in that which happens:
My Dear, Loyal, Constant, and Faithful Brothers! I am describ-
ing some of my circumstances here, not to sadden you or to take
any physical measures, but so that I might profit more from
your shared prayers, and you might practice greater self-re-
straint, caution, patience, and forbearance, and earnestly pre-

serve your solidarity. The torment and distress I suffer here in
one day is more than I suffered in a month in Eskishehir Prison.
The ghastly Masons have inflicted one of their unfeeling fellows
on me so that out of anger I should lose patience in the face of
their torments, and they could then use it as a pretext and make
it the reason for their cruel aggression, and so conceal their lies.
As a wondrous mark of Divine grace, I merely offer thanks in

patience and I am resolved to continue to do so. Since we have
submitted to Divine Determining and in accordance with the
meaning of “The best of matters are the most difficult,” and we

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