Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 89
Hakeem Sahib in Qadian 89 laws of nature and everything seemed to be pre-ordained. This contention by a secular man like Sir Syed Ahmad Khan disturbed Hakeem Sahib and he felt that anybody reading his book would be misled by it and stop believing in the efficacy of prayer. Therefore, he requested Hadhrat Sahib to write a strong rejoinder to this book. Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as , the Promised Messiah , wrote in 1893 his remarkable book, Barakaatud Du ‘ aa. Hadhrat Sahib pointed out in this book: "Prayer is accepted by God and it does help in attainment of the desired end. " Prayer, he said, was like medicine and if everything is pre-ordained, then why should disease be treated at all. If prayer is useless, the science of medicine must also be useless. With the publication of this book, there was a substantial increase in correspondence between Hakeem Sahib and Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and, as a matter of fact, in one of the letters Sir Syed Ahmad Khan frankly acknowledged, "without Divine grace and prayer nothing can happen. " Debate With Abdullah Aatham Hakeem Sahib assisted Hadhrat Sahib in the Munaazarah (a religious debate to settle an issue) that the Promised Messiah held with a Christian missionary, Abdullah Aatham. Another Offer from the State of Jammu In 1895, some of the leading personalities of the State of Jammu invited Hakeem Sahib to pay a visit to the State. He undertook the journey to the State and also had a meeting with the Rajah of the State. The Rajah expressed his regrets that a great injustice had been done to him and sought Hakeem Sahib's pardon. Hakeem Sahib said, "This was a sin against God and God alone can grant a pardon, and a small person like me can do nothing. " The Rajah then offered the same post again, but Hakeem Sahib declined the offer.