Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 8
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 8 8 His father, Haafiz Ghulam Rasool, and at least ten of his immediate male ancestors, had committed the Holy Qur'an to memory. . . His father was a great lover of the Qur'an. He was well off and spent large sums of money in procuring copies of the Holy Qur'an from places as far as from Bombay, and distributed them free. He was an affectionate, generous and indulgent parent. He set high goals for his children and encouraged them at every step. His distinguished youngest son once observed later, "My father was so ambitious in respect of his children that had he lived to this day, he would have surely sent me to the United States of America in search of knowledge. " Another event of Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen about his father's love for learning is mentioned in Mirqaatul Yaqeen (p. 198): May God shower His mercy upon my father. He advised me when I was going abroad, "Keep yourself absorbed in learning so much that even if you have to go to far-flung areas, go and get it. Don't be worried about us, and don't mention it to your mother. Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen himself relates about his brothers and sisters in the book, Mirqaatul Yaqeen : "We were nine brothers and sisters, I was the youngest of all. " List of Brothers and Sisters Maulavi Sultan Ahmad Maulavi Ghulam Nabi Hakeem Ghulam Ahmad Maulavi Muhammad Bakhsh Mohy-ud-Din or Ghulam Mohy-ud-Din Imam Bibi (sister) Ghulam Bibi (sister) Maulana Hakeem Haafiz Noor-ud-Deen [The name of the seventh brother is not available]