Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 227
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I ILLNESS 227 nothing from you, nor have I any worldly desire. My Lord provides for me abundantly in mysterious ways, far beyond my needs. Beware of differences and contentions. If you shun them you will be greatly blessed by Allah, and your honour and strength will be maintained; else you will lose everything. I have never issued any direction out of a selfish motive; all my directions have been in pursuance of the will of God. Be diligent in S al a t and supplicate constantly. S al a t is Prayer. Do not multiply differences and contentions; they have done great harm. Should differences arise, keep silent. Supplicate for yourselves and for your opponents. Repeat often: There is no god save Allah; Muhammad sa is the Messenger of Allah. Hold fast to the Quran. Read it much and act upon it. As for myself, I am pleased with Allah as Lord, Islam as faith and Muhammad sa as Messenger. With this I commit you to God. " 100 Later medical reports indicate that Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra continued to make slow progress towards complete recovery of health. All his other injuries had healed, but the injury on his right temple had become a running sore. He had perforce to spend his day in his sitting room where he carried on his activities and performed his duties as far as he was able. He gave lessons and even occasionally saw patients and prescribed for them. On 30th January, he summoned Makhd u m M i y an Muhammad S idd i q to attend with paper and writing materials and asked him to recite the following verse of the Holy Quran three times: "Does it not suffice them that We have sent down to thee the perfect Book, which is recited to