Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 140
WISE COUNSELLOR Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 140 grave default. Yet he appreciated their commendable spirit of restraint in a most difficult and provoking situation. He wrote subsequently: "If pious Muslims had not kept in mind the demands of their culture, and had not remained steadfast under grave provocation, according to the teaching of the Holy Quran, and had not suppressed their wrath, without a doubt the meeting would have ended in a holocaust in consequence of the grave incitement offered by ill-natured people. The members of my community who were involved deserve a thousand commendations that they set an excellent example of self-restraint, and hearing the searing phrases of the Aryas which were sharper than bullets, they uttered not a word. Had I not prepared my community through repeated and persistent admonitions that they must always remain steadfast under the vilest abuse, the meeting would have been drenched in blood. It was my teaching that enabled them to control their wrath. " 53 Sardar Mihar Singh, a young man belonging to a respectable Sikh family, became a Muslim and joined the Ahmadiyya Movement. His family disowned him and turned against him. He took the name ‘Abdur Ra h m a n. Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra helped him with his studies and looked after him. From the beginning he gave proof of his sincerity, zeal and earnestness, and Maulaw i Sahib was well pleased with him. Khal i fa N u r-ud-D i n of Jammu, a Ghaur i Pathan and a good friend of Maulaw i Sahib ra since his Jammu days, sought his advice concerning a suitable match for his daughter. He suggested young ‘Abdur Ra h m a n. On learning his particulars the parents of the girl