Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 26
SOJOURN AT BHOPAL Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 26 in their bright-eyed children for whom he had established a school. While in Bhopal Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra had an attack of very high fever during which his mouth began to run with stinking black saliva. He consulted H ak i m Farzand ‘Al i who told him that he was mortally afflicted with an incurable virulent distemper, and that he should immediately go home. Soon after, a venerable personage, who was superintendent of students, called on him and complained that being of advanced age his mouth watered constantly and asked him for a prescription. He advised him to try jam of olives, cardamom seeds and gold leaf. He returned presently with a jar of the jam and a quantity of cardamom seeds and gold leaf which he presented to him saying: "You have the same trouble as I have, so I have brought you your own prescription which you might also try. " Maulaw i Sahib thanked him for his kindness, and found that repeated use of the concoction soon affected a complete cure. On one occasion he had two waistcoats made of very fine cloth. Before he had occasion to wear either of them, one was stolen. He felt no distress at the loss, and believing that God would provide him with a better substitute, he recited sincerely: "To Allah we belong and to Him shall we return" (2:157) and gave away the other waistcoat in charity. A few days later the son of a wealthy citizen began to suffer from gonorrhea and requested a friend to fetch a physician who should not be well known. The friend was acquainted with H ak i m N u r-ud-D i n ra , and asked him to visit the young man. On hearing the particulars the H ak i m remarked: "This is only my lost waistcoat", and accompanied the emissary to the patient whom he found sitting in a garden. The patient described his