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CONCLUSION This galaxy of comments ranging from his master, the Promised Messiah as , to a very young contemporary, Hadhrat Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, provide a little glimpse into this outstanding personality, which no book can ever fully delineate or fathom. Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra is a personality par excellence at every level of human endeavour, and it is no wonder that this wondrous personality is held in ever growing reverence. This book is a small drop in the ocean of "Hakeem Noor-ud- Deen" and obviously cannot quench the thirst, but, on the contrary, it does scintillate the thirst to know more about this great personality. The edition of Mirqaatul Yaqeen quoted extensively in this book is the one published in 1962 with an introduction by Hadhrat Jalal-ud-Din Shams and published by Nazarat Isha ‘ at, Rabwah. Mirqaatul Yaqeen is compiled by Akbar Shah Khan Najeebabadi and is based on notes provided by Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra to him from time to time. In his introduction, Hadhrat Jalal-ud-Din Shams made a fine comparison between Hadhrat Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen ra and Hadhrat Abu Bakr ra , the first Caliph of the Holy Prophet sa. The Promised Messiah as in his book, Al-Wasiyyat , spoke of the second Divine manifestation in the person of Hadhrat Abu Bakr ra and the personality of Hadhrat Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen ra closely resembles to him. Among the males, Hadhrat Abu Bakr was the first person that became the first convert and he did not for a moment doubted the claim of the Holy Prophet of Islam. In Izaala-i- Auhaam (p. 521), the Promised Messiah as wrote: “ He (Hadhrat Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen) accepted me unquestioningly and unhesitatingly at a time when cries of my denial were all around me. ” The Holy Prophet sa is reported to have said: “ I never had the magnitude of the financial support as one from Abu Bakr ra. ” ( Tirmidhi ). Similarly, the Promised Messiah as says: “ The