Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 87
CHAPTER NINE Hakeem Sahib in Qadian When Hakeem Sahib started living in Qadian, a number of people around him tendered a lot of suggestions that he should set up a medical clinic in Lahore or Amritsar as he enjoyed an immense reputation as Royal Physician of the Rajah of the Jammu State and thus people would flock to his clinic in droves. But these tempting suggestions did not produce any result. He came to Qadian and became its part and parcel. For a time he stayed at the house of Hadhrat Sahib. Later, he made his own house near Dhaab (a pool of stagnant water) and set up a small clinic. In Qadian, he plunged headlong into the multifarious activities of religious and scholarly nature. Hadhrat Sahib usually referred all matters relating to fiqah and other affairs to him. He often used to consult him on medical matters and would refer other khuddam (volunteers) to him. It was also one of Hakeem Sahib's duties to furnish references to Hadhrat Sahib while he was engaged in writing his books in defence of Islam, and Hakeem Sahib often was entrusted with the task of reading the proofs of the books of his master. He attended the Majlis-i-Irfaan (sessions of intellectual discussions) in the evening and would also accompany Hadhrat Sahib on his journeys. One of the important engagements of Hakeem Sahib was to teach the Holy Qur'an and Bukhaari Shareef to the sons of Hadhrat Sahib. The eldest son, Sahibzada Hadhrat Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad, who was the main beneficiary, wrote later (in the Preface to the larger Commentary of the Holy Qur'an, p. Jeem ( ): God granted me a limitless knowledge of the Holy Qur'an, and in this direction I did not do anything or make any effort, it was simply the sheer Divine grace and, of course, the respected teacher, Hadhrat Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen, Khalifatul Masih I, who played a leading role. His fondest desire was that everybody should be completely absorbed in the Holy Qur'an and submerged in its grace. He taught me the translation of the Holy