Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 151
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I KHALIFATUL MASIH 151 D i n ra was the most honoured person in the community and should be Khal i fa. A brief statement was accordingly drawn up and those present went with it to Hadrat Maulaw i Sahib ra and presented it to him. He received it in silence and intimated that he would give a reply after he had supplicated for guidance. He washed and stood up in prayer. When he finished, he said: Let us all go where the holy remains of our master are, and our brethren are awaiting us. Arrived in the garden, Muft i Muhammad Sa diq, in accordance with the wishes of all present, read out the following request: "In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Ever Merciful. We praise Him and call down His blessings on His Noble Messenger sa. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and blessings and peace be upon the Kh a tamun Nab i yy i n , Muhammad sa , the chosen one, and upon the Promised Messiah as , the Kh a tamul Auliy a ’. According to the command of the Promised Messiah as set out in Al-Wa si yyat (Testamentary Direction), we Ahmad i s , whose signatures are appended below, are sincerely convinced that all present and future members of the Ahmadiyya Community should take the pledge of spiritual allegiance, in the name of Ahmad as , to the First Emigrant Hadrat Haji H ak i m N u r-ud-D i n ra , who is the most learned and most virtuous of us all and is the most devoted and oldest friend of Hadrat Imam as who held him up as an excellent example, as he said: