Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 10
IN QUEST OF KNOWLEDGE Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 10 endowed them. Nor was any attention paid to the promotion and practice of high moral values. I can affirm on the basis of my own experience that none of my teachers of that time paid any heed to the moral uplift of the younger generation. I deplore this lack to the present day. No teacher of mine took any notice of my actions, words, habits or morals. Nor was any attention paid to matters of doctrine or belief. ' 2 Sh a h ‘Abdur Razz a q was a godly personage in R a mpur whom Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra visited frequently. On one occasion he let a somewhat lengthy interval pass between two visits. On his calling next time, he was asked: "N u r-ud-D i n, what kept you away for so long?" He replied: "Sir, I have been busy with my studies, and perhaps I have also been a trifle forgetful. " "Have you ever happened to pass a butcher’s shop?" "Oh, yes, indeed. On several occasions. " "Then, you may have noticed that while carving a carcass, when his knives are blunted by the fat of the animal, he rubs the knives together to remove the fat and sharpen them. " "Yes, Sir: but I fail to follow your meaning. " "Well, it is only this, that absence makes both of us a little forgetful, and a meeting sharpens us both. " Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra often observed that he had derived great benefit from this admonition of Sh a h ‘Abdur Razz a q. The company of the righteous stimulates spiritual alertness. 3