Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 97
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I IDEAL DISCIPLE 97 An opponent of the Promised Messiah as wrote that Mirza Sahib as had got together a community by misleading a few Muslims; had he succeeded in converting a number of non-Muslims to Islam, that might have been a reason for examining his claim seriously. On this being brought to the notice of the Promised Messiah as , he directed Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra to prepare a list of non-Muslims who had accepted Islam at the hands of the Promised Messiah as. In carrying out this direction Maulaw i Sahib as inscribed his own name and particulars as the first entry in the list. On a friend expressing surprise at this he observed: "I had the honour of learning true Islam only through the Promised Messiah as. " A member of the Movement requested the Promised Messiah as to suggest a suitable match for his daughter. On his doing so, the father had qualms in acting upon the suggestion. When Maulaw i N u r-ud- D i n ra heard of this he was indignant and exclaimed: "Were Mirza Sahib as to direct me to give Amatul H a’ i ra (his daughter) in marriage to the son of Nih a l i (the sweeper woman) I would have no hesitation in carrying out his direction. " 27 A worldly wise person, without questioning the sincerity of his affirmation, might esteem such devotion as the folly of blind faith. But Maulaw i N u r- ud-D i n’s ra faith was rooted in the firm rock of reasoned conviction (12:109) and was thus fully enlightened. It is part of such faith that the anointed ones of Allah are invested with a super-sensory perception which enables them to distinguish between right and wrong on every occasion, and to recognise that which is beneficial and that which is harmful. That is why it is perfectly true that had the Promised Messiah as required of him something that would have