The Promised Son — Page 10
10 beautiful to look at. In other words, he was taught at an early age that even though certain things were not forbidden, the Holy Prophet sa did not prefer to eat them. On one occasion Mian Mahmud ra asked one of his little brothers whether he preferred to gain knowledge or wealth. The Promised Messiah as was standing close by and over- heard the question. He immediately said to his children that neither wealth nor knowledge would be of any use unless one was blessed by Allah. In 1895, Haafiz Ahmadullah Nagpuri started teaching Mian Mahmud ra the Holy Quran and on 7 June 1897 he had his Aameen ceremony. The Promised Messiah as was very grateful to Allah that his young son was beginning to benefit from the treasures contained in the Holy Quran despite his illnesses. Mian Mahmud ra went to the local district school in Qadian. In 1898 he transferred into the Ahmadiyya Talim- ul-Islam School, which was recently set up. The school and its hostel were both located in the town of Qadian and were built of simple sun-baked bricks. An area of 50 acres had been purchased to house a mosque, school, and hos- tel. The mosque was named Masjid Noor and was built with funds acquired largely by the efforts of Mir Naasir Nawab ra. Amongst others Mian Mahmud ra was taught by Hazrat Sayyad Muhummad Sarwar Shah ra. One day this teacher asked Mian Mahmud ra whether he, like his father the Promised Messiah as, also had dreams and revelations