Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page xiii
xiii Foreword I am happy that a project started at the behest of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV rta has reached its completion. No book can fully capture the spiritual and many faceted personality of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra. The Promised Messiah as who knew him best described his personality as follows in his Arabic book, Hamaamatul Bushra , (page 6): Among my many pious friends, there is one far-sighted, gifted with vast knowledge, soft spoken, polite, steadfast in faith, God-fearing, trusting, a savant, pious, scholar, devout, saintly spiritual, towering Muhaddith (scholar of Hadith), outstanding Hakeem, Haaji-ul-Haramain, Haafiz-i- Qur ’ an, an offspring of Farooq. His name is Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen Bhervi. In sincerity, devotion, dedication, loyalty and love, he is formost among my followers. The famous Persian couplet that appeared in another book, Nishaan-i-Aasmaani (page 47) appropriately epitomized the excellences of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra : How fortunate would it be if everyone of the Community (Ummat) were Noor-ud-Deen! To know the depth of the feelings of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , the commentary of Surah Al-Jumu ‘ ah by Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , explains why he settled in Qadian: The brief reply is, I found such an unprecedented wealth here, that no thief and no robber can steal it. I found that for which people for the last thirteen hundred years