Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 8
IN QUEST OF KNOWLEDGE Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 8 II IN QUEST OF KNOWLEDGE In his twenty-seventh year N u r-ud-D i n set out from Lahore on foot for R a mpur, in the company of two other seekers after knowledge. The journey proved arduous and occupied several days. They knew no one in R a mpur and on arrival there betook themselves to a semi-deserted mosque in which they installed themselves. For two days a girl of seven or eight brought them food morning and evening. On the third morning when she came with their food she said: 'My mother begs you to pray that her husband may be inclined kindly towards her. ' N u r-ud-D i n went with her to her home and admonished her father in suitable and persuasive terms and thus brought about reconciliation between husband and wife, for which manifestation of divine grace he rendered thanks to Allah. The same afternoon, happening to stroll through the quarter of the Punjabis * , he encountered one Ha fi z ‘Abdul H aq who invited him to move into his mosque. N u r-ud-D i n said there were three of them. He was told all three were welcome. He then told their would-be benefactor that they had come to R a mpur in search of knowledge and should not have to beg for their sustenance, nor to earn it by looking after the children of the quarter, and that they would need books and teachers. He was assured that everything would be looked after. They settled down accordingly and Ha fi z ‘Abdul H aq carried out faithfully all that he * People belonging to Punjab. [Publisher]