Moving to another village would not ease your plight for those villagers would not welcome you. They would also want to know who you were, whether a thief, a criminal or a war fugitive and would never let you settle before they knew the answers! You would face the same things whichever village or settlement you went to! The disgraced have no place! They would not even bury you if you died! So we put aside thoughts of ourselves and our property during war. Cowardice is an insult to the spirit of our ancestors. Türkmen heroes in battle never think about death, for they are called ‘the unblinking heroes’.

The traitor is always cursed on Türkmen land!

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My honourable citizens, this is my request to you;

“Be humble but with honour like the snowy mountains!

“Be as wise as your grandfathers and as merciful as your mothers!

There is no greater miracle than mankind in the world; his level is the level of Allah’s pulpit. Allah makes the way easy for those of good will; those of bad will receive nothing but enmity.

Your body is created of clay, but your soul is given by Allah. Though your body is here on earth, may the abode of your heart be on high!

The world contains three types of people:

Hakayıl: such people have the knowledge of Allah (irfan). They have a strong relationship with Allah. Magtymguly says, “Man should get to know the world before he is forty years old.” Hakayıls perceive the