Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 208
KHILAFAT Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 208 quarter of the town? Yet you call us mischief- makers! Have you no fear of Allah? We supplicate Him alone as Guardian. We put our trust in Allah alone, Who is the best Protector and Most Merciful of all (12:65). What more can I say? You are older than I am. Your brothers were younger than you; they have all died. I shall die in my turn. None of these houses and buildings will go with us. " 87 In early August 1909, Shaikh Ya‘q u b ‘Al i ‘Irf a n i ra requested Hadrat Khalifatul Masih to give him a message for a local community he was about to visit, and he wrote: "I require from among the Ahmadiyya community such as give priority to the faith over the world; who, in case of a conflict between them, attach no value to the world. I require men of high resolve as preachers who should preach out of sincerity and a grasp of verities. I require divines who are far-sighted, put their complete trust in God, believe in prayer and take no pride in their erudition; and who are concerned all the time to discover ways of winning the pleasure of Allah. But there are few such. I make my plaint only to Allah. " 88 On January 19, 1910, he wrote to the Ahmad i students in M. A. O. College, ‘Al i garh: "Dear ones, Peace be on you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Where you are there are Intermediate and Degree examinations, and there is an atmosphere of Cambridge and Oxford, while we are devoted to the atmosphere of the barren valley (where Abraham as had settled Hagar rh and Ishmael as ,