Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 215
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I ILLNESS 215 XV ILLNESS During the course of his Friday sermon on 18th November, 1910, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra gave expression to his sentiments in the following words: "It is my intense desire that I should find that this community loves Allah, obeys His Messenger Muhammad sa and understands the Quran. My Lord, without putting me to any trial and without my asking, has bestowed upon me numberless most wonderful bounties. He has throughout provided for my needs. He Himself feeds me, and clothes me and provides me with comfort. He has given me houses, wife, children and sincere and true friends. He has provided me with a surprisingly large number of books, and has given me time for study and bestowed upon me health, knowledge and all that was needful. Now it is my wish, and I have great hope that my Lord will fulfil this wish of mine also, that there may be from among you those who love Allah, love the Word of Allah that He has sent down to Muhammad sa , the Messenger of Allah, are obedient to Allah, and are true followers of His Kh a tamun Nab i yy i n. There may be from among you those who follow the Holy Quran and the practice of the Holy Prophet sa. May it be that when I depart from this world my eyes and my heart should be in comfort on your account. I demand from you no recompense, nor am I in need of your offerings. I do not wish