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ii relationship of student and teacher that introduced this seeker of the truth to the Promised Messiah as. Hazrat Maulana Abdul-Karim Sahib, may Allah be pleased with him, first met His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, on whom be peace, in 1881 or 1882, at a time when the latter was writing his magnificent work Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah. His affinity with the Promised Messiah as then brought him to Ludhiana in 1889 where he was blessed to accept this divinely com- missioned one of God. After he swore his oath of alle- giance to the divinely appointed Reformer of the Age, his spiritual transformation took him to ever greater heights until he became renowned as foreranking even among the most devoted and pioneer companions of the Promised Messiah as. In 1890 when the Promised Messiah as was writing his book Izala-e-Awham, he invited Hazrat Maulana Abdul-Karim Sahib, may Allah be pleased with him, to come to Qadian, to assist with various tasks related to the printing of the book. After this, Hazrat Maulana Sahib took up permanent residence in Qadian and bid farewell to all of his worldly ambitions, and to his homeland also, on the desire of his beloved master. From then on, Hazrat Maulana Sahib spent the rest of his life in the blessed company of his master with such selfless devotion and sincere love that to part with the Promised Messiah as , even for a moment, was unbear-