Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 68
MAHARAJA’S PHYSICIAN Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 68 which was full of people who had business with him. He heard each in turn and then dictated his directions to a clerk. H ak i m N u r-ud-D i n ra waited patiently till everyone had been attended to and had departed. The clerk thinking that he may have waited to speak to his master in private also withdrew. H ak i m N u r-ud-D i n ra then said to M i y an L a ‘l D i n: "You occupy so high a position that an average divine dare not admonish you. Yet everyone needs an admonisher. I have come to enquire who your admonisher is. " He replied: "Maulaw i Sahib, you know I have no learning, and am unable to appreciate delicate hints. " "Well then, to put it plainly, in the vicinity of every town are to be found the ruins of an older town, and somewhere near a wealthy person’s home is the impoverished home of one who was once wealthy, which can serve as his admonisher. " "Now that you mention it, please lean over and look through this window. There you see an arched doorway. It can serve as my admonisher. I sit beside this window so that I may have it within sight. The owner of that house was very wealthy and of such high status that he had been conferred the privilege of having a red umbrella cover in the presence of the Maharaja, while such as I was not permitted even a black umbrella. Now he is so impoverished that his wife helps wash dishes in our kitchen. " "Indeed, you need no other admonisher. " H ak i m N u r-ud-D i n ra related this incident to the Maharaja, who observed: "I have several admonishers. The place where the religious ceremony of anointing a Maharaja is performed is surrounded by the humble dwellings of persons who are descended from previous rulers of the land. They are under no obligation to pay