Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 129
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I WISE COUNSELLOR 129 Executive Committee has decided to extend the Conference for another day so that the reading of Hadrat Mirza Sahib’s entire paper may be completed. " 47 The rest of the paper was read on 29th December. At the end of the Conference the Executive Committee requested the moderators to make some observations. In compliance with this request Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra affirmed: "I bear witness that there is no god save Allah, One without associate, and I bear witness that Muhammad sa is His servant and Messenger; and recited: Proclaim: I seek the protection of the Lord of mankind, the King of mankind, the God of mankind, against the mischief of every sneaking whisperer, who whispers into the minds of people, whether he be hidden from sight or be one of the common people (114:2-7); and made a brief address which may be summarised as follows. The Holy Prophet sa made the affirmation that he was a servant of Allah an inseparable part of the credo, so that the Muslims should always keep it in mind, while testifying to the Unity of God, and should not fall into the error of associating any partner with God. The three attributes of God set out in the verses that I have recited, namely, Lord of mankind, King of mankind, God of mankind, have relevance to the physical, moral and spiritual conditions of man. The Being who