Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 251
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I FINAL ADMONITIONS 251 not, therefore, venture to expatiate on matters on which our Imam and Leader has been silent, else your writings will be rendered waste. You cannot take shelter behind the excuse that you have to take up your pens as I do not take up mine. Read my books N u r-ud-D i n, Ta s d i q Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyya , Fa s alul Khit a b , Ab ta l Al u hiyy a t-e-Mas ih and you will realise that I know well how to write. I am restrained only by Divine wisdom; Yes, indeed, it is God Who has restrained me. I admonish you once more. Have some regard for my age and my illness. Then consider whether your contentions will bring you any closer to God. If not, lend ear to what I say and cultivate love for each other. So behave that observing you I should be pleased as I have been pleased by seeing this mosque on my visiting this city. May God so ordain that on departure I should hear that you are united and love each other. Have constant recourse to prayer. I shall also pray for you. " 110 Hadrat Khalifatul Masih often related the following incident that was a typical illustration of his method of reasoning: A non- Ahmad i Maulaw i invited me to dinner. When I arrived I found that he had also invited another non- Ahmad i Maulaw i , who was seated next to me. He talked very amicably to me on doctrinal matters. He professed that he believed that Jesus as had died a natural death, he esteemed Hadrat Mirza Sahib as a righteous personage, and was in agreement with him on all matters, and was like a disciple of his, but would like to make an enquiry from me on a small point. What did I think of one who did not accept his claim? I said to him: There is an easy way of