Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 115
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I EMINENT DIVINE 115 sending for him had been to make his personal acquaintance and to listen to his exposition of the verities of the Holy Quran; the illness of the Nawab had provided the occasion. Now that he was in Bah a walpur they were eager to learn something of the Holy Quran from him. Thus Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra started a course of lessons on the Holy Quran in Bah a walpur. When the end of his period of stay approached, Khaw a ja Ghul a m Far i d suggested to the Nawab that he should persuade him to settle permanently in Bah a walpur. The Nawab made the approach, and though the prospect was utterly repugnant to him, in order to demonstrate the futility of his proposal, he asked the Nawab: "Were I to fall in with your plan, what arrangement would there be for my maintenance?" 40 "I shall grant you sixty thousand acres of arable land. " "What shall I do with it?" "You can develop it and become very wealthy. " "As I am at the moment, you come to me seeking advice and guidance. When I become very wealthy will you still come to me?" "No. Of course not. " "Then, what do I gain?" The Nawab had no concept of the hierarchy of values that regulated his life. 41 In 1896 Nawab Muhammad ‘Al i Khan ra wrote to the Promised Messiah as that he was eager to learn the Holy Quran and requested that he might depute Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra to go to M a l i r Kutla and teach him the Quran. On being directed by the Promised Messiah as he went to M a l i r Kutla and stayed there for