Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 68
6 7 CHAPTER SEVEN Introduction to Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian Hakeem Sahib was an outstanding scholar of the Holy Qur'an, Hadith , Fiqah , mysticism and philosophy and his knowledge included the broad sweep of all different religions and faiths. It is, therefore, no wonder to discover that the scholarly sessions that he used to conduct included Christians, Aryans Samajists, Atheists, Sikhs and Brahmans, and that every topic under the Sun was covered in the discussion. On occasions, Hakeem Sahib would outline fine points of Islam to the people who attended these sessions and they were amazed at the depth of his knowledge. One day, in Jammu, an atheist accosted Hakeem Sahib. He was aggressive and outspoken and said, "In the old days, people were not well-informed and were less-educated. It is no wonder therefore that the prophets of old times fully capitalized on this human weakness and made the people believe that God did talk to them. Today, nobody can make such a claim, because people are better educated and have seen the game. It is not possible that these days anybody could come forward and stake a claim that he is the person to whom God speaks. " Making this sweeping statement, this atheist thought that Hakeem Sahib was completely checkmated by his logic and stormed out of the Majlis believing that Hakeem Sahib was speechless. In the meantime, the chemist sent the medicine that Hakeem Sahib had asked for. The wrapper of this medicine was incidentally a torn page of the Braaheen-i-Ahmadiyya. He looked at it and read the whole of it. What surprised Hakeem Sahib was that the "claimant" of the advertisement of the Braaheen-i- Ahmadiyya was staking a claim that he was the person to whom