Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 185
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 186 service, who could copy it, or Hudhoor may send it to me in trust so that I could copy it myself, or Hudhoor may make any other suggestion so that I can complete this book. Additionally, if Hudhoor had any copy of Insaan-i-Kaamil by Abdul Karim Jhelmi, I am also in need of that book. ” Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra 's Personal Library The level of his intellectual stature can be gauged from the fact that all the contemporary authors and writers would invariably consult him before getting their works into print. Haafiz Abdur Rehman Amritsari wrote a book; Kitaab-al-Sarf (a book on etymology of Arabic words) and then he sent the manuscript to Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra for his advice and the author mentioned this fact in the preface to the book ( Al-Fazl , December 6, 1950): Once a Judge of Federal Court of India, Sir Shah Suleman, was in need of a rare book on Spain. He made efforts in all directions - the India library, the bookstores and, finally, he found it in the library of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra. One can assess the intellectual calibre of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra from the fact that he was able to complete the reading of a book of six to seven hundred pages in a single night. His library was not merely a status symbol, he had read each and every book that he had in his library. The proof of this is that he had made marginal notes on each and every the book, which he had read. The author of Mojaddid-i-A ‘ azam (Part II, p. 738) writes about his fondness of books: Hadhrat Maulana Noor-ud-Deen had a remarkable fondness of books and was a voracious reader. He would spend thousands and thousands of rupees to collect all books on Islam, whether in Arabic, in Persian or in Urdu. In addition to the books that he acquired from various Indian cities, he bought books from Arabia, Egypt, Tunis, Morocco, Turkey, Holland and Germany. He would not hesitate to spend any amount in order to get a book