Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 170
Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih and His Four Loves 169 because the ever-enduring light and spiritual enlightenment of the Holy Qur'an leads man to ever growing heights. It is through the proper understanding of the Holy Qur'an that Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was able to reach unconquered heights of love and affection for God and His Messenger. The Holy Book unravels the true majesty, grandeur, magnificence, and august and sublime stature of God. The study of the Holy Qur'an alone can imbibe and transport a man to ecstasy, bliss and delight in contemplation of his Creator. It was on account of this spiritual influence of the Holy Qur'an that Maulana Sahib was able to reach directly to God and His Messenger. This is how he speaks of his love for the Holy Qur'an ( History of Ahmadiyyat , v. 4, p. 597): My love for the Holy Qur'an is immeasurable and un-ending and enduring. The Holy Qur'an is my spiritual food. Whenever I feel weak and tender, the very reading and every reading bring me back my lost strength, power and vigour. The attachment of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra to the Holy Qur'an is simply difficult to describe in words, and no one can fathom the depth of his love for the Book of God. How dear was the Holy Qur'an is clearly reflected in the following observation ( Tazkiratul-Mahdi , Part I, p. 246): If on the Day of Judgment God enquires of what favours he would like first, he would go for the Holy Qur'an, so that on the Day of Judgment and in Paradise, there would be only one and one book alone - that is the Holy Qur'an, which I would recite loudly, so that the people could learn and listen to it. Nothing is dearer and closer to me than the Holy Qur'an. I have read thousands of books, but the Book of God is dearest to me and will remain dearest to me forever. Elaborating this deep attachment to the Holy Qur'an, Maulana Sahib said that the reading of other books provides to me a clearer perception and helps me to establish the superiority of the Holy Qur'an. Whenever he initiated another session of the Dars-i-Qur'an , his expression of love, dedication and devotion to the Book of