Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 15
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I IN QUEST OF KNOWLEDGE 15 Kh a n, Ruler of R a mpur, in which he was offered suitable employment and was urged to proceed quickly to R a mpur and treat ‘Al i Bakhsh, a favourite retainer of the Nawab who was seriously ill. H ak i m Sahib said: "Now that you have so advised me, I will accept the Nawab’s offer, and we shall both proceed to R a mpur. " After arriving at R a mpur, H ak i m Sahib urged Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra to pray for the recovery of ‘Al i Bakhsh. He said he felt no inclination towards it and apprehended that the patient would die; and so it happened. Another H ak i m, Ibr a h i m, also of Lucknow, decried H ak i m Sahib’s treatment of ‘Al i Bakhsh in the presence of the Ruler, which vexed H ak i m Sahib. Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra sought to comfort him by the assurance that life and death were in the hands of God, and that it was not unlikely that someone similarly afflicted as ‘Al i Bakhsh might die under the treatment of H ak i m Ibr a h i m. Within a short time another retainer of the Nawab was so afflicted and died under the treatment of H ak i m Ibr a h i m despite the latter’s hopeful prognosis. This put a stop to H ak i m Ibr a h i m’s running down of H ak i m Sahib. Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n’s ra training under H ak i m Sahib, supplemented by his own diligence and keen intellect, progressed apace. His mentor constantly tested him and always found him well above the mark, so that he soon began to respect his judgment and to rely upon it. The promising pupil did not, however, confine his studies to diagnosis and treatment of diseases. His thirst for knowledge was as sharp as ever. On one occasion he approached Muft i Sa‘dull a h to read Mutanabb i with him, but the learned Muft i put him off drily on the score of lack of time. He turned away with the observation: "Well Sir, I shall wait till