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150 also encouraging, but due to the strict rules and regulations of the Government and the University Commission, it had to be closed. The Promised Messiah as could not attend the inauguration due to indisposition and Huzur’s as message was read out by Maulvi Abdul Karim Sahib Sialkoti ra and the inauguration ceremony was chaired by Hadrat Maulvi Nooruddin Sahib ra. After the ceremony, when the Director of the College, Hadrat Nawab Mohammad Ali Sahib ra informed the Promised Messiah as of the successful inauguration, Huzur as remarked, “Last night, I had some pain in the region of my heart and I could not attend. However, I went to Bait-ud-Dua in the same condition and supplicated for this College in my prayer. Perhaps your time and my time of supplication was the same. ” (Al-Hakm; 24 June 1903, p. 13, column 2) Huzur as also stated about Madrassah Talimul Islam: “It is not our aim to go in search of worldly gains after gaining F. A. or B. A. degrees. Our primary aim is that such people spend their lives serving the faith and I consider the Madrassah essential that it may be able to provide service to the faith. ” (Al-Hakm; 10 December 1905, p. 5) For assessing the situation and to suggest more improvements, the Promised Messiah as invited many close colleagues and put before them this proposition: “The Madrassah (Talimul Islam) should be so reformed that it should produce preachers and