Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 49
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I PHYSICIAN AT BHERA 49 opportune. I have with me a number of young men, recent converts to Islam, and am anxious to find suitable accommodation for them. Could you take them and look after them?" He signified he would be glad to do so. Their baggage was taken charge of by Munshi Sahib’s retainers, and they all accompanied Munshi Sahib to his camp. Having examined Muhammad ‘ Umar , H ak i m N u r-ud-D i n ra diagnosed tumor which would require prolonged treatment. Munshi Sahib urged him to accompany him to Bhopal, but he said he had left home suddenly and could not remain away for long. Munshi Sahib gave him five hundred rupees to send home and insisted that he should go to Bhopal with him. He sent the money to his Hindu creditor and wrote to his wife not to worry about him. A few days later Munshi Sahib gave him seven hundred rupees more, which he also remitted to his creditor and having been relieved of all anxiety on that score he went cheerfully to Bhopal with Munshi Sahib. In Bhopal also he had to face jealousy and intrigue, and at a time of great peril he was given effective help by P i r ‘Al i Ahmad Mujaddad i , from whom he had received many kindnesses at the time of his earlier stay in Bhopal. At last Muhammad ‘ Umar was restored to health and his physician returned to Bhera. His practice began to pick up and his skill and competence were recognised. This also aroused professional jealousy. A very wealthy patient of his had an attack of typhoid fever. He treated him with the utmost care, and watching the course of the fever he surmised on the seventh day that the crisis was imminent. The symptoms of crisis appeared the same evening, and the physician felt hopeful. The family of