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Fazle Umar 222 riage, Huzur continued her education, provided guidance and took a keen interest throughout her studies. When she had passed her BA exams, he turned her full atten- tion towards religious education. He began teaching her the Holy Qur’an however he was unable to get through all of it. In the beginning, he took lessons at home where along with Hadhrat Umme Mateen he taught Aziza Amtul Quayyum Salma, Mubarak Ahmad and Munawar Ahmad. Gradually upon the request of others, this took the form of formal lessons in the mosque. The notes during these lessons have been published as the Tafsire Kabir , the larger commentary of the Holy Qur’an. She never received private tuition after this but did have the chance to listen to the Darse on the men and the women’s side. She took extensive notes, which were later reviewed by Huzur. It was her husband who had inculcated this habit of note taking and asked her to record every word of the lesson. Gradually she picked up speed and could record his speeches delivered in the Annual Gathering. He frequently used her services and after 1947 nearly all his letters, articles and speeches were dictated to her. The larger portion of the manuscript of Tafsire Saghir, the shorter commentary of the Holy Qur’an, was dictated to her by Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra]. H A d H R AT Sy E d A bU SH R A b E G UM ( M E HA R A P PA ) After the death of Hadhrat Maryam (Umme Tahir), in line with some prophecies of the Promised Messiah [as] , Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] thought that God might wish him to marry again to make it easier to look after the children. Hence, in fulfilment of that wish Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood’s [ra] last marriage was to Hadhrat Syeda Mehar Appa daughter of Syed Aziz Ahmad Shah. Huzur announced the Nikah himself on 24 July 1944 in which he detailed the need and reasons behind this marriage. He explained that one day while he was flicking through a book of the Promised Messiah [as] ( Tadhkirah ) which contains his dreams, visions and verbal revelations,