Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 59
Royal Physician of the State of Jammu 59 Efforts to spread the Holy Qur'an and Its Teaching in the State As in Bhera, his home town, Hakeem Sahib kept himself engaged rather aggressively in the spread of the Holy Qur'an and its teaching in the State. Hakeem Sahib was not only an authority on the Holy Qur'an, but he was deeply in love with the Holy Qur'an. The Holy Qur'an was his spiritual food and was the source of great solace and comfort to him. Hakeem Sahib mentioned in his book, Mirqaatul Yaqeen , that he was so dedicated to the teachings of the Holy Qur'an that he often spent money out of his own pocket to promote it. He was very keen that the younger generation would become fully familiar with the teachings of Islam as outlined in the Holy Book. Hakeem Sahib had developed a highly absorbing way of commenting and explaining the teaching of the Holy Qur'an. It was often seen that Hindu scholars would raptly listen to what Hakeem Sahib said and were very much impressed. Hakeem Sahib spoke of those days in the book, Mirqaatul Yaqeen (p. 173), in the following manner: Often I had the occasion of sitting among some of the courtiers, who were mainly Hindus, then I would speak about the Holy Qur'an and its beauties. Among them was a Hindu, named Ratti Raam. He was the son of the treasurer of the State and he himself was a revenue officer. He said in the open Majlis (session), "Would someone stop Hakeem Sahib from teaching the Holy Qur'an, or I will become a Muslim?" and he added that the Holy Qur'an was an attractive book and even more attractive was the way of teaching of Hakeem Sahib. Hakeem Sahib was very much eager to work for a quick dissemination of the Holy Qur'an, and for this purpose, he prepared a plan and he spoke about this plan in one of his articles which later appeared in Al-Hakam (March 24, 1901), a weekly paper. This plan was of training a team of scholars to carry on the teachings of the Holy Qur'an.