Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 50
PHYSICIAN AT BHERA Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 50 the patient becoming anxious called in a more experienced physician from Pind D a dan Kh a n, who arrived late at night and immediately sizing up the situation announced that there was nothing much the matter with the patient, that he had just the right remedy for him, and administered a powder to him with a simple mixture, smiling contemptuously at H ak i m N u r-ud-D i n ra. The patient rallied the next day, the credit of the outside physician shot up and N u r- ud-D i n was humiliated in the eyes of the family who cheerfully paid the outsider the heavy fee demanded by him. Malik Fati h Kh a n, the octogenarian friend of H ak i m N u r-ud-D i n ra who was very fond of him and from whom he had received many favours, was childless. He urged him to marry, but he demurred on the ground that he was past the age of marriage. N u r- ud-D i n encouraged him, and also prepared for him a compound of arsenic, mercury and opium which had the desired effect, and he married according to the advice of his friend. Within a year the couple were blessed with a baby daughter and a year later they were bestowed a son. N u r-ud-D i n hoped for a liberal largesse, and though the happy father was most grateful to him and their friendship was further cemented, his expectation was not realised. These incidents confirmed his belief that God alone was the source of all beneficence, and that one’s hopes should never be fixed upon mortals. He was convinced that God, of His grace, would henceforth provide for him, and he became determined that he would, in future, not even entertain the idea of providing anyone with advice or medicine in return for money. This opened the gates of prosperity for him.