Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 78
SEEKER AND SOUGHT Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 78 Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra kept in constant touch with Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as and continued to be guided and inspired by his letters and writings. He sought his advice concerning everything that he undertook. Several of his children died in their infancy, one after the other. On each occasion Hadrat Mirz a Sahib wrote to him seeking to console him, to furnish spiritual comfort to him, and to strengthen still further his faith in God and his reliance upon Him. In one of his early letters to him he urged him to supplicate in the following terms during his devotions in the latter part of the night: O my God and my Benefactor, I am a worthless creature of Thine, greatly sinful and heedless. Thou hast observed wrong after wrong on my part and hast bestowed upon me favour after favour. Thou hast seen me commit sin after sin, and hast conferred upon me bounty after bounty. Thou hast ever covered up my defaults and enriched me with Thy numerous gifts. I beseech Thee to have mercy again upon this unworthy and sinful creature of Thine and forgive his impudence and ingratitude. Do Thou, of Thy grace, deliver me from this sorrow of mine, for there is no Redeemer beside Thee. On his part Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra was wholly devoted to Hadrat Mirza Sahib as and held back nothing from him. On one occasion he received a commission from him which was expressed in these terms: "Pundit Laikh ra m has just published a book in refutation of my book Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyya , in which he has set forth a lot of nonsense,