Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 24
SOJOURN AT BHOPAL Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 24 his and I had frequent occasion to walk past it. Eventually, I began to attend his lesson of the Holy Quran, and the result is as you see. " 6 Munshi Sahib then related the whole story of his changing from a bigoted Shia to a devout Sunni, and concluded with: "I am thus a great admirer of Sh a h Sahib. Yesterday’s incident occurred in the course of an official proceeding, and I did not deem it expedient to intervene. These people are narrow minded. You should not pay too much attention to them. " 7 They drove back to town and dined together in the evening. Peace was restored. As has been mentioned, Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra studied Bukhar i and Had a yah with Maulaw i ‘Abdul Qayy u m Sahib. He was coached by the Muft i of Bhopal in the forty traditions of the Holy Prophet sa which have been transmitted from mouth to mouth, through a lengthening chain of narrators down the centuries. The Mufti had been instructed in them by Muhammad bin N as ir H a d ram i , who was a most pious person and a model of contentment. Munshi Jam a ludd i n Sahib related the following incident as an illustration: "Muhammad bin N as ir H a d ram i was a well known personage of great piety. On one occasion when he visited me, I placed a bag of one thousand rupees before him intending it as a present. I noticed that he was displeased, and quickly moved the bag in front of myself. He smiled and said: 'I had intended to recite the forty Hadith to you, but when you put the money before me I was annoyed and surmised that you were a worldly person. I would have