Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 95
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I IDEAL DISCIPLE 95 "All praise is due to Allah, the Exalted, Who bestowed this friend upon me at a time when I was in great need of him. I pray to Allah that He may bless his age, his health and his dignity. God is my witness that I perceive unusual grandeur in his words, and esteem him as one of the foremost in resolving the mysteries of the Holy Quran, and in penetrating into its meaning and import. I conceive of him as two high mountains, one of erudition and the other of wisdom, facing each other, and I do not know which of them surpasses the other. He is one of the gardens of the sublime faith. Lord, send down on him blessings from heaven, and safeguard him against the mischief of his enemies, and be with him wheresoever he might be and have mercy on him here and hereafter, O Most Merciful One, Am e n. I render humble thanks to Allah, the Exalted, that He has bestowed upon me such an excellent faithful friend who is righteous and possesses learning of the highest degree. He is far-sighted and keenly discerning. He strives in the cause of Allah, and has outstripped his contemporaries in his devoted love of Him. "He is in such complete accord with me as the pulse is in accord with the breath. " 25 On one occasion Maulaw i ‘Abdul Kar i m’s ra wife and Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n’s ra wife each contended that her husband was the favourite of the Promised Messiah as. They invited his wife, Hadrat Ummul Mu’min i n ra , to pronounce on the question. She said there was no difficulty, the question could be settled in a trice. She approached the Promised Messiah as and began: "Your dearest companion. . . " He interrupted