Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 274
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 274 mother supplicated constantly for their spiritual reunion. One of his colleagues at the Bar was also interested in the Movement, and my father, who was now himself inclined to move forward, enquired from him whether he would join him. His colleague desired clarification on certain points and it was agreed that they should seek guidance from Maulaw i N u r-ud- D i n ra , who very kindly intimated that he would be glad to meet them every evening for an hour or so. There were four meetings, at which I had also the good fortune to be present. This gave me the opportunity of observing Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra at close quarters, and he may have noticed me as the son of his friend Na s rull a h Kh a n. Coming away from the last meeting my father enquired from his colleague whether he was now able to make up his mind. He said that the points he had raised had all been resolved. My father enquired: "Then shall we make the covenant?" "What do you think?" he asked. "I am ready, if you are. " "Very good then. Tomorrow morning when you come up for Fajr Prayer take me along with you and we shall make the covenant. " Next morning I accompanied my father for the Fajr Prayer service, and on our way to the mosque we called on his colleague to join us, but he felt he was not yet ready to shoulder the responsibilities imposed by the covenant. So my father made the covenant in a private sitting with the Promised Messiah as after the Fajr Prayer service. I was also present. My father’s making the covenant a short while after my mother had made it was also in accord with one of my mother’s dreams. Harmony was joyfully restored in