Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 187
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I KHILAFAT 187 should depart from His ancient way. Therefore, be not sorrowful over what I have told you, and do not let your hearts suffer from anxiety, for it is necessary for you to witness the second manifestation of God’s Power also. Its coming will be the better for you, for it is permanent and will endure till the Day of Judgment. That second manifestation cannot arrive till after I am gone; but when I go God will send that second manifestation to you, and it will abide with you for ever. " 78 Thus the function of a Khal i fa is to push forward the fulfilment of the purposes of his master. Therefore, the first care of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra was to take up the projects that were pending or were contemplated at the time of the death of the Promised Messiah as. A theological seminary called Madrassa Ahmadiyya had been established by the Promised Messiah as in 1906, for the purpose of providing religious instruction at a high level, and preparing and training scholars and divines who could be entrusted with the sacred task of carrying the message of the Movement and propagating its tenets and ideals far and wide; but for lack of funds it had not yet progressed beyond an elementary stage. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih appointed a Committee in June 1908 composed of Sahibz a da Mirz a Bashir-ud-Din Ma h m u d Ahmad ra , Maulaw i Muhammad ‘Al i , Nawab Muhammad ‘Al i Kh a n ra and Dr. Khal i fa Rash i d-ud- d i n ra to take the necessary steps to put the seminary on a proper footing. The Committee drew up a scheme, recommended immediate implementation of certain parts, and made an appeal to the community for funds. This institution has since developed into a