Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 77
Bai ‘ at of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Stay at Qadian 77 Ghulam Ahmad as made the claim that Jesus Christ, who was supposed to have been crucified on the cross, died a natural death, and he was the foretold Promised Messiah. Hakeem Sahib had not yet received a copy of this book, but one of the opponents of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as , Maulavi Attaullah who already had a copy bragged, "Now, see how I separate Hakeem Sahib from Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as. " So, he went to Hakeem Sahib and posed the question, "What if somebody makes a claim of prophethood. " Hakeem Sahib responded, "We would see whether the claimant is pious and truthful, and if he is pious and truthful, we would accept him. " That man said, "What a pity, even you could not see the game," and went back to his friends and said, "Hakeem Sahib is incurable. " Ever since Hakeem Sahib made his Bai ‘ at at the hand of Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as he had engaged himself in discussion and debates with a number of religious divines on the merits of his Bai ‘ at , and one of them was Maulavi Muhammad Hussain Batalvi. Others included Maulavi Abdur Rehman Lakhoki of Lahore, and Dr. Jagan Naath Jammuni, who was in the service of medical unit of the Jammu State. Dr. Sahib did not embrace Islam, but he became silent and did not attack Islam any more, and thereby he put a stamp of truth on Islam. In the same way, Hakeem Sahib had the opportunity of delivering lectures in the mosque of Amristsar, which established his authority on matters of the Holy Qur'an and the Hadith. At another place in the District of Amritsar, Jandialawala, Hakeem Sahib had the occasion of countering the attacks of Christians and Arya Samaajists. In short, the energies and talents of Hakeem Sahib were even more directed towards the service of Islam than ever before. Whether he was in or out of the State, Hakeem Sahib never let any occasion get out of his hand to raise his voice in support of Islam. In a letter to Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as , Hakeem Sahib indicated that he may very kindly be allowed to come to Qadian and place his services at his disposal, and that he wanted nothing