Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 28
SOJOURN AT BHOPAL Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 28 "Sir, one of His attributes is that He carries through whatever He wills. " "Right. That is what I meant. When any of your designs is frustrated, you should remind yourself you are not God. A Messenger of God receives God’s commandments and knows that those who disobey him would be condemned to hell. He is, therefore, grieved at their disobedience. If anyone rejects your counsel, he would not necessarily incur God’s wrath. So you would have no cause to grieve over him. " 9 Departing from Bhopal, he stopped at Burh a npur where his father’s friend, Maulaw i Abdullah, received him graciously and entertained him well. On parting he gave him a basket of sweets. When he opened it he found in it a draft for one thousand rupees drawn upon a merchant in Mecca and some cash. He used the cash but did not present the draft for payment. Maulaw i ‘Abdull a h had had an interesting career. He belonged to S a h i w a l in the district of Sh a hpur. Somehow he contrived to arrive in Mecca to perform the Pilgrimage. He had no means of subsistence and took to begging. One day it occurred to him that if he fell ill he would be utterly helpless. He repaired immediately to the Kaaba and clutching a corner of its covering made the pledge: "Lord, I cannot see Thee, but holding on to the covering of Thy House, I promise Thee that I shall henceforth never beg from any creature of Thine. " Having made his pledge, he let go of the covering and stepping back sat down. Presently someone approached and put six pice in his hand. As he had not asked anyone for anything he took the pice, fed himself on two pice worth of bread and bought matches with the remaining four pice