Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 37
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I HEDJAZ INTERLUDE 37 from which he gathered that only nineteen verses had been abrogated. He was much pleased and thought of looking into Sh a h Wal i ull a h’s book Fauzul Kab i r , which he had bought in Bombay, but had not yet read. He was filled with joy when he discovered that according to Sh a h Wal i ull a h only five verses had been abrogated. This convinced him that the whole question of abrogation was a matter of reflection and understanding. Later he was able to resolve the whole problem and was completely satisfied that not a single verse of the Holy Quran had been abrogated. In Medina he was distressed to discover a lack of integrity and honesty among public functionaries. A friend of his projected the construction of a commodious travellers’ inn for the comfort of visitors to Medina and spent a large sum of money on the project. The Q adi asked him for a loan of a hundred pounds. He sought the advice of Sh a h ‘Abdul Ghan i , who told him the loan would not be returned. He refused to pay the money. The next day he received a notice from the department of the Q adi that the inn would obstruct a thoroughfare, which would be a contravention of a direction of the Holy Prophet sa and that, therefore, work on the inn should be suspended. This upset his plans and he sought the advice of a friend who suggested he should go to Jiddah and seek the assistance of the British consul. The latter wrote to the Q adi , who on receipt of the consul’s letter issued another notice to the effect that as enquiries had established that the thoroughfare was no longer used, there was no question of obstruction, and the construction of the inn was permitted! On one occasion someone came to Sh a h Sahib and complained that he had migrated to Medina, but found conditions in Medina deplorable. Sh a h Sahib