Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 187
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 188 there existed an immense interest in this field. The main difference between Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra and his contemporary Hukamaa ’ (Urdu plural of Hakeem meaning physicians) was obvious. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was gifted in two clear fields of knowledge due to which his contemporary Hukamaa ’ were no match for him. God had imbibed in Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra two clear faculties, which helped him to treat his patients, who needed his attention. The first faculty was as a Hakeem and the second faculty as a spiritual person. It is a well- known saying that two sciences dominate the fields of learning and knowledge — one is the science of medicine (of the body) and the other is the science of religion (of the soul), and all the rest explain and elucidate the matters placed between the two. Having dealt with the spiritual aspect of this outstanding seer, savant and philosopher, we examine his stature in the field of medicine. His matchless position was widely acknowledged by all the contemporary Hukamaa ’ and physicians and his prescriptions are still regarded as classic and rare. He was not merely a physician, but due to his sharp perception was able to assess people's thinking. In prescribing remedies for his patients he took into account all aspects of the lives and personalities to arrive at an appropriate cure. This is more fully illustrated by an interesting event mentioned by the author of Hayaat-i-Noor (p. 756): Once Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra went to Lahore, and it was during the time of his stay that he came across a Hindu woman who immensely wailed and lamented with her hands on the death of one of her relations so much so that her hands did not come down; both hands remained upright in the air. Her relations did everything to cure her. Doctors and Hukamaa ’ were consulted to no avail. When her relations came to know that Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was in Lahore, they rushed to him and related the whole story to him, and requested him if he himself would examine her. Having heard the whole account of mourning and lamentation, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra asked her relations to make her stand all alone in a room and then