Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 147
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 146 him in Medina and learnt forty Ahadith and became a narrator of these Ahadith on the authority of Shah Abdul Ghani. Students It was on his return to Bhera that Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra began his career of teaching. He began it with the teaching of Mishkaat Shareef. It is difficult to enumerate the long list of his students. Names of some of his outstanding students are given: Sahibzada Hadhrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad (Khalifatul Masih II) : It was during his sojourn in Qadian that he taught Sahibzada Hadhrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad. On account of his vast learning and high stature in religious knowledge, the status of Khalifatul Masih II ra tops the list of the students of Hakeem Sahib, and one of his outstanding contributions was the exhaustive commentary on the Holy Qur'an, and it is in the preface to the Commentary that he acknowledged the debt of his knowledge to Khalifatul Masih I ra. About this commentary, Allama Niaz Fatehpuri wrote ( Mulaahazaat-i- Niaz Fatehpuri , p. 125): The commentary of Hadhrat Sahib (Khalifatul Masih II) is remarkable in many ways. He presented the Holy Qur'an in an entirely new light, and the commentary because of its contents, is the first ever of its style and contents, wherein he synthesized the logic with subject-matter, his sweep of the vision, his method of deduction and induction, and his way of argument were clearly reflected in each and every word. Hadhrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (second son of the Promised Messiah ) also learnt the Holy Qur'an at the hand of Hakeem Sahib, and it was his deep interest in the Holy Qur'an that prompted Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra to organize a Dars-i- Qur'an session. The author of Hayaat-i-Bashir , Abdul Qadir (pp. 30-39), says: