they later heard the news from Urfa that they realized that Bediuzzaman had been bidding them farewell for the last time.
Later in the afternoon of 19 March, Bediuzzaman arrived back in Isparta. His students Tahiri Mutlu and Bayram Yüksel were waiting for him. An hour previously the police had come searching for him saying that they had left Emirdag. The account is now Bayram Yüksel’s. He states that it was with great difficulty that they got Bediuzzaman out of the back seat of the car, where he lay, and up the stairs to the house. He was running a high temperature and could not be left. That right at around two o’clock Bayram and Zübeyir were with him when Bediuzzaman suddenly said: "We’re going!" On their asking where, he replied: "Urfa... Diyarbakir." They thought he was feverish. Bediuzzaman kept on repeating, "Urfa. We're going to Urfa." The car tyres needed repairing. But Bediuzzaman insisted, even if it means hiring another car, they would go. Finally, the repairs were done, the back of the car was made up as a bed for Bediuzzaman and at exactly 9 o'clock on 20 March, they were ready for the road. Two police were watching the house. Tahiri Agabey was to remain to watch the house, he was not to open the door to the police. Bediuzzaman said good-bye to the landlady, Fitnat Hanim, she also would say nothing to the police of their destination; and they set off.
It was raining. The rain grew harder and they were not seen as they passed through Egridir. Before Sarkîkaraagac they daubed the number-plate in mud, and after it, Bediuzzaman recovered a little, got out of the car and renewed his ablutions at a spring by the side of the road and performed the prayers on a that rock. Later his condition again worsened and he could not speak. On entering Konya they stopped and bought cheese and olives with which to break the Ramazan fast. They had all been reciting Ayetü’l-Kürsi since leaving Isparta against the evil intentions of the Govemor of Konya, whose vow that he would "rip up the Nurcu's by the roots" had been made the headlines in all the newspapers. Through Divine grace, they passed unspotted through Konya, skirting the mosque of Mevlana Celaleddin.