The Need for the Imam — Page 49
D ar u rat-ul-Imam 49 with me, there is a profound scholar of great excel- lence, by the name of Maulaw i H ak i m Ha fi z Al- Ha j N u r-ud-D i n Sahib ra. Just as he possesses a collection of virtually all the commentaries of the Holy Quran, so is his heart a virtual storehouse of thousands of Quranic verities. If you have indeed been given the privilege to receive Bai‘at , then do try and teach Maulaw i Sahib the truths and verities contained in just one part of the Holy Quran. Were these people insane to have entered into Bai‘at at my hand, and to have rejected all other recipients of revelation? It would have been better for you if you had followed the example of Hadrat Maulaw i Sahib ra. Just reflect, is it for nothing that he has left his home and hearth and has come to me, and is living in a mud-house in great inconvenience? My worthy and dear friend— the recipient of revelation—had better remember that he is seriously mistaken if he thinks so. First of all if, by his spiritual power, he demonstrates before H a d- rat Maulaw i Sahib ra a specimen of his own Quranic scholarship and, with its supernatural light, is able to receive Bai‘at from such a lover of the Holy Quran as N u r-ud-D i n ra , then I and all my Jam a ‘at will be at his service. Is it possible for a person, merely with the help of a few dubious and mostly incorrect words of revelation, to consider himself the Imam of the age? My dear friend! there are many prerequisites