Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 269
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I PERSONAL REMINISCENCES 269 adhered strictly to the truth without regard to the effect that their statements might have on the result of the case. He felt that the high moral standards of the Ahmad i s disclosed in such a striking manner were indicative of their being based on truth. The findings of the trial judge upheld the defendant and the suit was dismissed. The plaintiffs appealed against the judgment of the trial judge and their appeal was also dismissed. The proceedings left my father very favourably inclined towards Ahmadiyyat. Shortly thereafter he was summoned to appear as a defence witness in the court of a Magistrate at Gurdaspur in a criminal case in which Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as , Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, was being tried for defamation of Maulaw i Karam D i n, one of his bitter and virulent opponents. This gave him an opportunity of meeting the illustrious personage, and he was much impressed with his high spirituality. About that time, in the summer of 1904, my mother, who had had no contact with or knowledge of Ahmadiyyat, though her father and only brother had shortly before joined the Movement, was vouchsafed a series of dreams of high spiritual significance in which she came in touch with an eminent spiritual personage who, she felt, was seeking to guide her along the ways of righteousness. The dreams uplifted her and left a deep impress on her mind. She had no notion who the venerable personage was, and in her third dream she begged him to disclose his identity. He told her he was Ahmad. When she mentioned this to my father he observed that as Ahmad was one of the names of the Holy Prophet sa of Islam, perhaps she was fortunate enough to have been granted spiritual contact with him. She explained that her feeling was