Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 142
Khalifatul Masih I ra Sends Scholars to Spread the Message of Islam 141 stomach, and the weakness mainly arose on account of his advanced age. On February 27, according to his wishes (Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra ) and that of his doctors, the place and the house were changed, and he was shifted to the bungalow of Nawab Muhammad Ali. Here Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra continued the reviewing of the notes that he dictated to Maulavi Muhammad Ali on the English translation of the Holy Qur'an. On March 2, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra heard the notes on surah Muhammad. The weakness grew and took a critical turn. On March 4, when the weakness was extreme after Asr prayer, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra asked Hadhrat Maulavi Syed Sarwar Shah ra to bring pen and paper and dictated his last will while he was in bed. Once the will was complete, Maulavi Muhammad Ali was asked to read aloud the text of the will. According to his wishes, the will was read three times; the people present were overwhelmed and this will was entrusted to Nawab Sahib. This will bore the signatures of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , Nawab Muhammad Ali, and Sahibzada Hadhrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad, with Dr. Yaqoob Sahib and Maulavi Muhammad Ali as witnesses. The next day, a special supplement of Al-Hakam was published and it carried the whole text of the will. There was a pointed reference in the will that the personality, which provided the spiritual leadership, was departing. Friday, March 13, 1914, at 2:20 p. m. , while Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was offering prayer, he expired and flew to his heavenly abode to meet his Lord and Master, Whose Word he taught to the last moment. This was a very moving occasion. The outstanding personality, who had stood like a rock and gave the Khilaafat a rock-like strength, was gone. Sahibzada Hadhrat Mirza Bashir- ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad ra , who was in constant touch with his teacher, was on his way back after Friday prayer when he learned that his teacher had gone to his heavenly abode. The news of the sad demise of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was made known through wire and Ahmadis started pouring into