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File Greater than accepts advice, adhering to Him who created and gave life, and to Him is the return. And among the most special believers are those who listen to the word and follow what is best in it. So, if this is my answer to you, then either you migrate to you and your companions from the People of the Book, without regard to kinship, or you besiege the Turks who are in their place and strive against those who are deceived by the world, and there is no satisfaction from us for you except in these two matters. If you do one of them, we will be pleased with you, otherwise not. And it has been made clear that no one can change except by God, so do not fear the enemies of God, whom I have entrusted with your hands. And they have made their case clear, and do not refuse the trials that come to you for the purification of faith and the attainment of nearness to the Most Merciful. So, flee from the trials of God Almighty, in which there is honor for you and glory. And God Almighty wishes for you to enter Paradise, and do not be like those who came before you, who were afflicted with hardship and suffering, and were shaken. How can you rely on comfort and the luxury of the affluent in the land of the oppressors? So, set your mind and strengthen your resolve with God, and strive with your efforts, for that is what pleases Him. We have reminded you of this in obedience to God Almighty's saying: "And remind, for remembrance benefits the believers." This is if you rely on God, you will find the struggle and the siege there. So, go with Othman and be with all the Muslims present there, and do not disobey him in anything, and do not be ashamed of that, for your position with us is known, and the first of the aforementioned advancements is in seeking what is with God and desiring the higher ranks of the hereafter, for we have informed you that what is with God is better and more lasting. And it is known that the intelligent person seeks what is better, especially when his strength is surrounded by the knowledge of the greatness of what is with God and the knowledge of the baseness of this world and what is in it. It is not hidden that the sincere ones in seeking what is with God, their hearts desire to strengthen the religion and to uphold it, even if it is with Shilkaoui. And if the sincere believer intends to gain the pleasure of God and the highest, then he drinks from God. And whoever is on the verge of religion, he rejoices if he finds leadership, wealth, and fleeting benefits. And