Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 111
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I EMINENT DIVINE 111 manner since a long time. I was young when I began attending his lesson of the Holy Quran in Jammu and in Kashmir. It was this lesson that made me a true Muslim, and it was this lesson that later made me an Ahmad i. I have found it so beneficial that having attended it daily over a number of years, I still derive fresh benefit from it every day. It is only in his lesson that I have discovered the quality that young and middle- aged and old are benefited by it according to their respective capacities. An ignorant one gains something from it, and a learned one adds to his knowledge by listening to it. Of the great and numerous bounties enjoyed by those who have made Qadian their home, this lesson is one. May Allah preserve it for ever, so that we may continue to be the recipients of His blessings and mercies through it. " 38 Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra often said that if God were to ask him what was it that he loved most, he would beg to be bestowed the Quran. The present writer’s father committed the Holy Quran to memory during the later years of his practice at the Bar. When he mentioned this to Maulaw i N u r- ud-D i n, he was delighted and remarked, addressing those present: "So much does Nasrulla Kh a n love N u r- ud-D i n ra that to win his love he has deposited in his memory that which N u r-ud-D i n ra loves best, thus ensuring N u r-ud-D i n’s ra love for himself. " Ha fi z Raushan ‘Al i , one of his most outstanding pupils, has related: "When I was learning to commit the Holy Quran to memory, at Waz i rab a d, under the supervision of my maternal uncle Ha fi z Ghul a m