Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 220
220 AHMADIYY AT tinguished divine, passed away on 13 March 1914 after an illness extending over several weeks, will be read generally by the Mus- lims ~nd particularly by our Ahmadi friends with 'great pain and grief. To Allah we belong and to Him shall we return. Maulvi Hakim Nur-ud-Din bore the title of Khalifatul Masih among his followers and was the Successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of blessed memory. The members of the Ahmadiyya Community will continue to be agitated for a long time under the impact of the serious shock of his death. Even apart from his religious beliefs the personality and ability of Maulana Hakim Nur-ud-Din were such as to afflict the hearts of all Muslims with sorrow and grief at his passing away. It has been said that it takes a century to produce an individual possessing superb qualities. On account of his vast knowledge and his high intellect Maulana Hakim Nur-ud-Din was such a superb personality. We are sor- rowful that a great scholar has today departed from our midst. We have sincere sympathy with our Ahmadi friends in their tragic bereavement, which has overtaken them like the bursting of a mountain of pain and suffering over their heads. We pray the Most Merciful One may receive the soul of Maulvi Hakim Nur-ud-Din into His mercy and may bestow steadfastness upon his followers and the members of his family. The Municipal Gazette wrote: We announce with great grief and sorrow the death at Qadian at 2 p. m. on 13 March, after an illness extending over several weeks, of Maulvi Hakim Nur-ud-Din Sahib, the Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Community. To Allah we belong and to Him shall we return. As is well known the deceased, on account of his matchless learning, piety and righteousness, was undoubtedly a holy and praiseworthy Khalifa for the Ahmadiyya Community, but for the Muslims of India generally also he was a great scholar and a learned divine. His love for the Holy Quran was unmatched. The way in which he expounded the verities and the insights of the Holy Quran to the Ahmadiyya Community in the latter part of his life was exemplary. He was also an expert physician. He wrote several books about Islam based on extensive research and inquiry and forcefully refuted the critics of Islam. His death is not only a great shock for the Ahmadiyya Community, it is not any the less distressing for the general body of Muslims. May Allah, the