Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 199
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 200 of Pakistan, he was interviewed by the writer of the thesis on January 10, 1981. He posed the following questions to him: Question : You have had occasions of meeting Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , how did his personality influence you? Answer : I have seen Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra very closely and have been in his company. He was extremely kind and affable and his generosity flowed to all equally. He was blessed with a regal personality, a commanding stature, and his court was open to each and everyone. Question : Anything about the sweep of his knowledge and learning? Answer : It is very difficult to find a person of his stature. He was an ocean of knowledge and learning, no matter what the subject was, whether it is the Holy Qur'an, or the Hadith , one could always hear from him the same Hadith and the same verse from an entirely new angle. Despite the fact that the substance of his conversation was highly intellectual, his expression was very easy and simple to understand. He used plain language to deliver a serious subject. His observations were soul inspiring and one was lost in his Majlis-i-Irfaan and would be there for hours. On account of his fondness for books, his study was wide, deep and remarkable. Maulavi Sahib was not merely a scholar of religion but he also had made a deep study of worldly learning. I heard him say that he had read the whole of Shakespeare in Arabic. I can say with authority that he was very high among his own contemporaries. Hadhrat Muhammad Zafrulla Khan mentioned that once Justice Shah Din visited Kashmir, and during one of his speeches, he stated that the true model of high education could only be seen in Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen and one could find a true scholar in him alone. About his deep interest in education, Hadhrat Muhammad Zafrulla Khan mentioned the following event: When I had done my B. A. Hakeem Sahib was the first person to know about my success. Hakeem Sahib was very happy to hear