Bright Lights of the Ahmadiyya Movement — Page 35
BRI GHT LIGHTS OF THE AHMAD IYYA MOVEMENT HAZRAT MAULVI NURUDDIN (Allah Be Pleased With Him) (Shahida Amtul Muhaimin) Well children, you have just read that Hazrat Maulvi Nuruddin was the very first Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Communi- ty. Have you ever seen his picture? Hazrat Maulvi Hakim Nuruddin was the youngest of nine children born to Hafiz G hulam Rasul and Noor Bakht. Did you know that Hazrat Nuruddin was from the family of Hazrat Umar? Hazrat U mar was the second Khalifa to the Holy Prophet Muha mmad (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). Just think, Hazrat Nuruddin and ten other male relatives memorized the whole Ho ly Quran. Do you think you could do the same thing? His father, Hafiz Ghulam Rasul, would spend a lot of money to buy and give 35 away the Holy Quran to anyone who would take it. He also wanted his children to have knowledge about a lot of things. Once Nuruddin said, "If my father were alive at this time he would have sent me to the United States in search of