Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I

by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

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Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 194

KHILAFAT Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 194 "We praise Him and call down His blessings on His Noble Messenger. To the exalted Khalifatul Masih wal Mahdi ra , Commander of the Faithful, Hadrat A‘l a N u r-ud- D i n, may Allah perpetuate for us his beneficences and his blessings. Peace be on you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. The members of the Ahmadiyya community of Hyderabad can find no words in which to express their gratitude to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra for despatching, out of his great kindness and affection, several registered letters and telegrams enquiring about their welfare at a time when the people of Deccan were afflicted in the manner portrayed in the Holy Quran as: The day when a man shall flee from his brother, his mother, his father, his wife and his children (80:35-37). Unfortunately those kind messages were not delivered to us in the prevailing state of disorder, and were not, therefore, acknowledged. But the heartfelt sympathy and affection of the Commander of the Faithful could not rest content with less than sending one of his sincere friends Ha fi z Ab u Sa‘ i d Arab ra on such a long journey at his personal expense, to take care of us so distantly situated afflicted ones. Since arriving here Arab Sahib ra , despite his indisposition, has been diligent in the discharge of his duties, and has, by reassuring every Ahmad i brother, furnished proof of his possessing the highest moral qualities of an Ahmad i. Arab Sahib ra has also conveyed the gracious message of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra