Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 193
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 193 Maulvi Nurud Din Sahib inquired from Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib in what particular manner should he strive in the cause of Allah, and was told that he should write a book in refutation of the objections of Christians to Islam. In compliance with this suggestion he wrote his comprehen- sive book Paslul Khatab. After his first meeting with Hazrat Ahmad he kept in constant touch with him by correspondence and meetings from time to time. On one occasion when he fell ill Hazrat Ahmad went to Jammu to inquire after his health. In March 1889 he was the first one to make the covenant of Ba'iat at the hands of Ahmad as he had wished. In 1890 when Hazrat Ahmad ahnounced that God had revealed to him that he was the Promised Messiah whose advent in the latter days had been prophecied, Maulvi Nurud Din Sahib wrote to him immediately: 'I believe and proclaim your truth. Write me down as one of the witnesses. ' In 1892 Maulvi Nurud Din Sahib leftJammu and returned to his home in Bhera where he started the construction of a large building with the design of establishing himself in Bhera as a physician. While the construction was in progress he had occasion to go to Lahore for the purpose of procuring certain materials and fittings for the building. While he was in Lahore he thought that this was a good opportunity of going to Qadian for another meeting with Hazrat Ahmad. So he proceeded to Qadian intending to return to Lahore the same day. When he met Hazrat Ahmad, the latter expressed the hope that he intended to stay for a few days, to which he made an affirmative response. After two or three days Hazrat Ahmad suggested that he should ask his wife to join him in Qadian so that he should have someone to look after him. So Maulvi Sahib wrote to his wife that she should come over to Qadian. A short while thereafter Hazrat Ahmad suggested that as Maulvi Sahib was fond of books he should arrange to have his library transferred to Qadian. Maulvi Sahib carried out this direction also without giving the slightest indication that he had come over to Qadian from Lahore only for a brief