Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 186
Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih - The Man 187 of his interest. It was his rule that once the book he intended to purchase was in his hand; he would read it first before depositing in his library. Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as , the Promised Messiah , wrote about the extensive library of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra in his books, Fat-hi Islam and Al-Balaagh. Writing in his book, Fat-hi Islam (p. 53, marginal note), Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as says: Hadhrat Maulavi Sahib had a command of Fiqah , the Hadith and the commentary of the Holy Qur'an and is well versed in philosophy and old and new learning. In the field of medicine, he was an effective physician. And, he had a library of rare books, including books from Arabia, Egypt and Syria. In his book, Al-Balaagh , Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as mentioned a list of rare books owned by Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , which covered almost all departments of Islamic knowledge and learning. As a matter of fact, and to be honest, it is very difficult to correctly assess the true personality of a person, who was an embodiment of learning and knowledge of that time. His personality and his style of writing were well reflected in his outstanding book, Noor-ud-Deen , which he wrote to demolish piece by piece the arguments adduced by the author of Tarke Islam. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , in his polite and simple style, rejected all the attacks on Islam, its founder and the Holy Book revealed to Muhammad sa. A true and correct assessment of his personality can only be made by a person of his stature alone. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra 's Stature as Hakeem A study of the history of Indian learning and education reveals that the science of medicine also attracted wide attention in India. In the time and period that Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was born,