Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 141
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 140 In the beginning, it was a pain in the ribs, a slight temperature and vomiting and gradually his condition worsened so much that he could not get up in bed. On January 17/18, 1914, he became very weak but he was still holding Dars-i-Qur'an by changing the venue to his own house; there was no deficiency in his religious and spiritual activities. Even in those days, if he got hold of some interesting book, he would not leave it before completion. He now reached a stage that he could not get up without the support. On February 2, 1914, he gave Dars-i-Qur'an surcharged with emotion and steeped in feelings, and the people, who attended the Dars , were all overwhelmed with love and affection for him and, thereafter, the style of his speech took the tone of a departing leader and he expressed the wish that he might be able to complete the session of his Dars and complete the final notes in English translation he dictated to Maulavi Muhammad Ali. There was a gradual decline in his health. A large number of Ahmadis were still coming to him for courtesy visits, but it was then announced that the people wishing to see him should better stay at home and pray for him. On February 12, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra asked that arrangements for Dars-i-Qur'an be made at his house so that he could at least recite the Holy Qur'an, and he advised his own family members to keep on repeating the Kalima and sending the Durood (recitation of prayer for blessings on the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa ). Talking about people, who did not believe him to be a Muslim, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra said that they would be surprised to know that even in the last moments of his life the Kalima and Durood were on his lips, and that he was very happy and contented that God was his Master and the Lord, and that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was his guide and beacon of hope and blessings. On February 15, Abdur Rehman Qadiani brought a European doctor, who examined him and said that the heart and the pulse of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra were normal, the problem was in his