Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous

by Syed Hasanat Ahmad

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Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 157

Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 156 prayer in all the mosques, Dars-i-Qur'an was a regular feature. He himself delivered Dars-i-Qur'an , and the notes that he prepared for these Dars would appear in Al-Badr regularly. Later on, these notes were collected and were published in a book form in 1909 and 1910. They were reprinted in 1932. They comprise of more than seven hundred pages and they are simply a treasure of spiritual wealth. Tafseer Surah Al-Jumu ‘ ah This is a long speech that he once delivered on the meaning and significance of the surah Al-Jumu ‘ ah. It was firstly published in 1902, and subsequently reprinted in 1925. Noor-ud-Deen There was a person by the name of Abdul Ghafoor from Ludhiana. He renounced Islam and became an Arya Samaji. He assumed the name of Dharam Pal and wrote a book, Tark-i-Islam , and attacked Islam and the Holy Qur'an. Hakeem Sahib wrote a detailed book under the title of Noor-ud-Deen and answered his attacks one by one, including the question dealing with Jihad and the theory of reincarnation. It is stated in Mirqaatul Yaqeen that before writing the rebuttal of Tark-i-Islam , Hakeem Sahib had a dream in which he saw that God told him, "If anybody attacks the Holy Qur'an and asks you about any verse of the Holy Qur'an, We will tell you the meaning of that verse. " When the book of Dharam Pal came on the market, God, in His mercy, granted Hakeem Sahib the understanding and the courage to respond to the attacks. In regard to Huroof Muqatta ‘ at (Arabic alphabets that appear before some surahs of the Holy Qur'an), Hakeem Sahib said that God in His majesty gave him a clear understanding of these letters.