Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page xv
xv Preface One of the outstanding personalities of the nineteenth century, apart from the advent of the Promised Messiah himself it, was an illustrious figure of Hadhrat Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen, who later became the First Caliph of the Promised Messiah as. Many books have appeared on the Life and Works of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , and each has generated a thirst for more about a person who was completely immersed in the love of God, Islam, the Holy Prophet sa , the Holy Qur'an and the Hadith. One is led to believe that the Life of this illustrious Companion of the Promised Messiah was nothing more than an explanation and elucidation of true Islam. An attempt has been made to fathom the fathomless majestic personality of Hadhrat Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen and yet it seems that we have only touched the fringes of this great personality, who guides us to the way of the Righteous. Once we peer into his life, there is a gradual dawning upon us of the immensity of this righteous being. He began his life as an ordinary man, and through sheer strength of his character, dedication and devotion to his Four Loves , his life became a personification of how righteous and saintly figures recharge the trust and faith of weaker beings. His Four Loves - the Love for God, the Love for the Holy Prophet sa , the Love for the Holy Qur'an and the Love for Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, turned him into a magnetic figure. Speaking of any one of the Four Loves, one has touched the tenderest chord of his soul. Of all the Loves, God was the most important to him. He believed, and rightly so, that the Love for God should transform a man in such a way that while waking, sleeping,