Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 7
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I BACKGROUND 7 whole incident and blamed himself for having occasioned the loss of my diploma. But the truth is that the tearing up of the diploma became a turning point in my life and opened wide for me the gates of divine bounty. '" 1 Having been relieved after four years of the restrictions and limitations of service, young N u r-ud- D i n, now twenty five years of age, reverted to his favourite pursuit, the seeking of knowledge. His father arranged for him to learn Arabic from Maulaw i Ahmad D i n Sahib of Buggiwala. But that learned divine was then constantly on the move in connection with his project of building a large mosque, and his pupils had to move about with him. N u r-ud-D i n spent a whole year in this peripatetic exercise and finding himself little better off at the end of that period, expressed his dissatisfaction to his brother Maulaw i Sul ta n Ahmad, who took him to Lahore and committeed him to the care of H ak i m Muhammad Bakhsh and some other teachers. Within a few days a fellow student of his persuaded him that they should both proceed to R a mpur in search of higher education. When he mentioned this project to his father, the latter readily granted him permission and counselled him: 'Go in search of knowledge so far that you should be beyond the reach of news of us; but do not mention this to your mother lest she should be distressed at the prospect of a long separation and seek to dissuade you. ' During his preparation for the journey he recalled the advice of a revered sage: 'Wherever you should take up your residence you should establish friendly relations with the Chief Constable of the town, a good physician, a saintly personage and a leading citizen. '