Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 125
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I WISE COUNSELLOR 125 prayer to Sir Sayyid. He invited his attention to his prophecy concerning Pandit Laikhr a m, which was based on prayer. Its fulfilment would demonstrate both acceptance of prayer and the fact of verbal revelation. He also cited his own experiences of both. He sent a copy of Barak a tud Du‘ a and of his book Iz a la’i Auh a m to Sir Sayyid, who wrote back thanking him and requested his prayers for himself. Towards the end of his life Sir Sayyid was deeply distressed by the disloyalty and dishonesty of a non-Muslim employee who betrayed his trust and embezzled a large sum of money which Sir Sayyid had collected for the promotion of his beneficent projects. The shock, according to his son, Mr. Justic Ma h m u d, Judge of the Alah a bad High Court, probably hastened his end. Before his death he wrote to Maulaw i N u r-ud- D i n ra that he felt that nothing could be achieved without prayer. The Great Conference of Religions, which had been organised by a number of representative non- Muslims, was held in Lahore on December 26-29, 1896. Five questions were proposed for discussion. The Promised Messiah as was also invited to read a paper on them. He did not attend himself but wrote a paper which was read at the Conference by Maulaw i ‘Abdul Kar i m ra. Among the six moderators of the Conference was Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra. He was asked to preside over the Conference on the second day. He opened the session with the following observations: "If God’s mercy, and His grace, and His providence which comprehends all, and His particular beneficence that is bestowed on His chosen servants, were not to uphold man, he would cease to exist. Of His favours that He has bestowed upon us in this age are the diverse