Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 98
CHAPTER TEN Hakeem Sahib and Public Engagements The participation and the fact he presided over the Lahore Conference of "Mazaahab-i-A ‘ azam" (Great Religions) brought Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen in the public limelight and soon he caught public attention. In 1897, he was invited by the Anjuman-i-Himaayat-i-Islam to speak at the annual conference of the Anjuman. His real motivating factor was always how to serve Islam in the most effective way, and whenever he got an opportunity, he would involve himself headlong. At the annual conference of the Anjuman, he delivered a lecture of one hour and thirty minutes on the affairs of the Anjuman. This invitation came, notwithstanding an intellectual clash that took place between him and Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi. Clash With An Old Friend When Anjuman-i-Himaayat-i-Islam and Anjuman-i-Isha ‘ at-i- Islam were formed, Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi, a leading spokesman of Ahle Hadith , was full of praise for Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen and in fact complimented him and highlighted that in matters of donation of cash and time to the activities of these Anjumans, Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen played a leading role. Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi regarded Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen as an outstanding scholar, but when the chips were down and Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as made his claim that he had been Divinely commissioned and that he was the Promised Messiah , Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi wrote a long letter on February 10, 1891 to Maulavi Noor-ud-Deen. This account has been taken from the Life of Ahmad by A. R. Dard (p. 184):