Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 33
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 32 questions sharply. Dayaanand Sarsauti - a Hindu scholar and debator - was scared of him and hesitated to face him. Once he was teaching Hadith , and one of the Ahadith said, "There would be a scarcity of wealth in later days," and then the second Hadith said, "Gold mines would be discovered. " I put a question to him and enquired, "Hudhoor the first," Maulana Qasim immediately responded, "Have you not seen how a dying Charaagh (an earthen pot) gives a sudden burst of flame?" I understood what he meant. Maulana Qasim was explaining how a dying Charaagh gives a sudden sparkle, which explained the abundance of wealth mentioned in the second Hadith. In Delhi, he had a chance to meet with Maulavi Hakeem Ali Hussain Sahib Lucknaowi, who taught medicine to Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen during his stay in Lucknow. He enquired, "What have you brought for me from the Holy Land?" He mentioned a number of books. "Good, give them to me. " Said Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen with a great deal of generosity, "These books are yours, but are packed in boxes and these boxes have gone by rail from Bombay to Lahore. " Hakeem Ali Hussain said, "That is good, we have not seen Lahore, let us go to Lahore. " Therefore, both of them left for Lahore. Both did some sight-seeing. Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen mentioned that those boxes were still at the railway station and he intended to go to railway station. Hakeem Ali Hussain told him that he need not go to the station as he has sent his own servant to fetch the boxes, and paid all the freight charges, and said, "We did all this, so that we may also partake in the blessings. " It is a matter of sheer Divine grace that Maulana Hakeem Noor- ud-Deen always had the good luck of being aided and helped in mysterious Divine ways. Giving an account of this event, Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen said ( Mirqaatul Yaqeen , p. 132):