Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 77
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I SEEKER AND SOUGHT 77 discussion, and he also agreed to wait till after a study of the missionary’s objections and their refutation. The objections turned out to be varied and voluminous and it was recognised that it would take a year to prepare a reply and have it printed. There had been a succession of earthquakes in the hill country that year and the terror inspired by them afflicted the son of the Rajah of P u nch with insanity. The Rajah requested the Maharaja of Jammu to make the services of some highly qualified physician available for treatment of the prince. The Maharaja recommended H ak i m N u r-ud-D i n ra , who went over to P u nch. He was allotted a comfortable residence outside the town. He had only just the one patient to take care of, and had plenty of time to make an intensive comparative study of the Bible and the Holy Quran and to make notes for preparing the reply to the objections of the missionary. Having made thorough preparation he wrote out a four volume refutation which he called Fa s lul Khi ta b. By the time the manuscript was completed the prince had made a full recovery. The Rajah of P u nch presented a pouch of several thousand rupees to the physician as a token of his gratitude. When he returned to Jammu the Maharaja asked him how much had the Rajah paid him, whereupon he placed the pouch before him. The Maharaja was indignant that he had been paid too little, and directed that he should, in addition, be paid a year’s salary and allowances from the Jammu treasury. He sent the money and two volumes of his book to a printer in Delhi. When the printed book became available he despatched copies to, among others, the station master and the Imam in Bhera, who wrote back that a careful study of the book had removed all their doubts, they now believed sincerely in Islam and nothing further was needed.