Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 141
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I WISE COUNSELLOR 141 submitted to Maulaw i Sahib ra that the young man was sincere and pious but had no family and no prospects. All he had was a mat, an ewer, a cot and his modest stipend as a teacher. How would he support a wife? His response was characteristic: "If your daughter is blessed with good fortune she will fill an empty house, but if she is bereft of good fortune she will make a full house empty. " The parents took his admonition to heart, the young lady was willing and the match went through. It proved happy and blessed in every respect. The numerous progeny of the couple bear testimony to it. Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra was anxious that those who came to Qadian should derive full benefit from their proximity to the revered and exalted Holy Founder of the Movement as. In one of his sermons he made the exhortation: "What was my purpose in coming here? I have a well-built house in Bhera, and every convenience and comfort was available to me there. Here I live modestly in a sun-baked brick house, and have dispensed with all comfort, Why? Because I found that I was sick, very sick, that I was indigent, very indigent; that I was afflicted, severely afflicted. So I came here seeking a remedy for all my ills. If any one comes here to watch me and learn from my example, or to find fault with those of us who have settled here, he is greatly mistaken. He deceives himself in that deeming the sick ones as whole, he passes judgment on them. All friendships and relationships here, all coming here, and departing from here, and settling here and living here should be subordinated to and become illustrative of: There is no God except