Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 6
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 6 6 Hadhrat Sho ‘ aib. My ancestors migrated from Kabul to Peshawar and then moved to Lahore, Kasur, and then to Kathewal in Bahawalpur region. Qaadhi Abdur Rahman Shatir Madarasi and Baba Naranji of Yaghistan were notable dignitaries. The father of a great saint, Hadhrat Fareed Ganj Shakar of Pakpattan (Punjab), and my forefather, were real brothers. In short, Bhera was the final abode of my family. There is a famous street of Siddiquee Qureshis in the town. ( Al-Hakam , December 14, 1912) Father The name of the father of Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen was Haafiz Ghulam Rasool. He was of the Sunni faith and belonged to the Hanafite School of Thought, and had a link to Chishtiya. In accordance with the family traditions, he had immense love for the Holy Qur'an. The teaching of the Holy Qur'an and its propagation was his choicest hobby. A few events are related to give a brief idea as to how dearly his father loved the Holy Book of God. Maulana Hakeem Noor- ud-Deen relates these events in his autobiography Mirqaatul Yaqeen fi Hayaat-i-Noor-ud-Deen (p. 109) , in which he himself dictated all events of his life. It was compiled and edited by Akbar Khan Najeeb Abadi: Once a merchant from Bombay Maulavi Abdulla came to Bhera with hundreds of copies of the Holy Qur'an. His father, Haafiz Ghulam Rasool, immediately bought all copies of the Holy Qur ’ an by paying to him thirty thousand rupees, which gave an immense boost to Abdulla's business. This event is mentioned to show his father's immense love and dedication to the spreading of Qur ’ an and its teaching. It is for this purpose that he bought all the copies of the Holy Qur'an, worth thousands of rupees to distribute them in far-flung areas.