Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I

by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

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MIGRATION Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 88 instructions from my master to make all arrangements about your departure and the despatch of all your baggage, and to advance to you in cash whatever amount you may desire. " Maulaw i Sahib asked him to convey his thanks to his master, and added: "I have received more than I need from the Treasury and from another source, and I shall take all my baggage with me. " The shopkeeper stood up, shook his head and remarked: "It seems there is favouritism with God also. We have to work hard from morning to evening to earn a few rupees, and here is this fool of a creditor who, instead of demanding the repayment of his loan, is ready to advance more. " Maulaw i Sahib rejoined: "Allah is aware of the hearts of His creatures. I shall, Insh a ’ All a h , repay this loan in a short while. These matters are beyond your ken. " 23 From Jammu he moved to Bhera where he designed the construction of a large building which should serve both as his residence and his clinic. While the construction was in progress he had to go to Lahore to purchase certain material needed for the building. Having completed his errand in Lahore, he thought he might delay his return to Bhera by one day and make a hurried trip to Qadian to see Hadrat Mirza Sahib as. During his interview with him he was asked: "Are you free now?" to which he replied in the affirmative, and felt it would not be appropriate to ask for leave to depart the same day. He thought he should postpone his departure for a couple of days. The next day Hadrat Sahib as said to him: "You would need someone to look after you, so you might send for your wife. " He wrote to his wife to come over, and intimated that as he might have to stay in Qadian for