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must act with the awareness that de-
spairing of solace from Allah is not an option,
for
Do not despair of solace from Allah. No one
despairs of solace from Allah except for peo-
ple who disbelieve. (Surah Yusuf: 87)

The great scholar Bediuzzaman Said Nursi ex-
plained, in his famous the Damascus Sermon
(Hutbe-i Samiye), the conditions in which Muslims
live, warned of the dangers of falling into despair,
and spoke of the bright future awaiting them, as
follows:

A CALL FOR A TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION