Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 177
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 176 and attachment to this son and he did everything to look after him. A few moments before the death of this child, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was also present and he was engaged in the treatment of the child, but as a Hakeem, he knew fully well that it was difficult for the child to survive. When this reality dawned upon him (especially when he knew how deeply it would hurt Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as , knowing his love for his son) the very idea of his death bewildered and staggered him so deeply that he dropped and fainted on the ground. Hadhrat Muhammad Zafrulla Khan in his book, Hadhrat Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen - Khalifatul Masih I (p. 70) speaks of one event, which reflected how dutifully he followed the instructions of his master: During one of the Promised Messiah 's visits to Delhi, his father- in-law, Hadhrat Mir Nasir Nawab, who was in the party, fell ill and he decided to send for Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen from Qadian. He directed the despatch of a telegram to summon him to Delhi. Whoever drafted the telegram simply worded it, "Come immediately. " When Maulavi Sahib received the telegram, he sent a hurried message to his wife saying that he had been summoned to Delhi by Hadhrat Sahib and left for Batala, just as he was, without any money in his pocket. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was an "Imam in the field of love and devotion" and nobody could ever reach his heights. Whenever he entered the majlis of his master, he would quietly sit in a corner with a great deal of respect and reverence and was lost in that mode. Faith and allegiance to his master was so firm and enduring that whatever his master had said, that was a command to him and that became the driving force of his conduct and never he parted from that command. It is no wonder, when the members of the Jama ‘ at saw this total trust, undivided loyalty and allegiance to his master, they found no other person better suited than Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra to succeed him.