Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 39
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 38 Conspiracy to Kill Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen was gaining ground against Maulavis in the town and there was no change in his attitude. It was his style that whenever, and wherever he was consulted, he would state his views frankly and fearlessly, irrespective of the fact of how these were received. The Maulavis felt utterly desperate and helpless before his logic and frank statement of the facts. Now the only way left to the Maulavis was to "remove him. " Writing about this new trend among Maulavis to plan for his murder, Maulavi Dost Muhammad Shahid mentioned a conspiracy to assassinate Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen Sahib ( Taarikh-i- Ahmadiyyat , p. 71, vol. IV): The sea of opposition against me went up so high that a number of people actually plotted to murder me. One of the persons was my own foster brother, who swore to kill me by a sharp long knife. When I heard about him the same day, I went to his house after Isha prayer as his mother had breast-fed me so she did not take the veil. I slept long enough and I started snoring. Everybody thought that I was fast asleep and I was curious as to how he would kill me. At about midnight his mother woke me up and said, "Son, go to your house. " I insisted, "Let me sleep here as it is already past midnight. " She insisted it was better that I should go back to my house. Then I suggested that I would not go alone, let my brother go with me. He agreed to see me off to my home. I was walking ahead of him and my foster brother was behind me. Once I ascended the stairs of my house, I was standing on the top of the stairs and he was at the bottom of the stairs. I was expecting him to stab me from behind, but he was so upset and worried that he took leave of me in haste.