Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 64
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 64 avenues. He wrote to some German scholars on Arabic language enquiring about books, which may increase his knowledge of Arabic literature. He received a list of about two dozen books known for Arabic excellence. Proposal for Formation of Anjuman-i-Isha‘at-i-Islam In 1881, Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi presented a proposal to the Islamic scholars of India that the Muslims of India should set up an organization for the promotion and protection of Islam with the avowed object that the Anjuman should set up schools for the teaching of Islam, and that they should produce literature and plan its distribution in India and abroad. He proposed its name Anjuman-i-Ishaa ‘ at-i-Islam. The scholars, who welcomed this proposal, included: Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen, Maulavi Syed Nazir Hussain Muhaddith Delhvi, Maulavi Abdul Hayee Lucknaowi, Haafiz Muhammad Lakhoki and Maulavi Ahmadullah Amritsari. Some of the papers editorially commented upon it and appreciated such a proposal. An Anjuman was thus set up in Lahore. The founding members of the Anjuman were: Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen, Royal Physician of the State of Jammu; Maulavi Hakeem Fazal Din Bhervi; Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi; Khalifa Hameeduddin Lahori, and Khalifa Rajabdin Sahib. Writing about the Anjuman, in the paper, Manshoor-i- Muhammadi (v. 10, no. 2, pp. 22-23, Muharram, 1298), Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi stated that of all the members who made financial donations, Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen was at the top. He made a lump sum donation of one hundred rupees and an annual donation of sixty rupees. Committing the Holy Qur'an to Memory In 1881, Hakeem Sahib went with the Rajah to participate in the marriage of a prince and he went on an elephant. On his way back, he was injured by “ Ammaari ”— a litter with a canopy meant for