Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 257
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I FINAL ADMONITIONS 257 friends such as my soul had thirsted after and it cost me not a penny. Another benefit I derived from the company of Hadrat Mirza Sahib as was that the love of the world died altogether in my heart. Observe every aspect of my life. Is there a particle of the love of the world in me? All this is the result of the grace of the holy company of Hadrat Mirza Sahib as. There is the well known saying: The love of the world is the source of every delinquency. I have derived that benefit from the company of Hadrat Mirz a Sahib which is the purpose of all divine teachings, is the source of salvation and bestows a heavenly life in this very world. " 120 Dr. Bhagw a n D a s Kushta, Headmaster of a school in Sah a ranpur, presented himself before Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra on March 22, 1913, and declared his acceptance of Islam. He admonished the convert in these terms: "There is no god besides Allah means that it is Allah alone Who creates and provides all that man needs. No one else is to be worshipped or taken as God. To worship any one else beside God or to prostrate oneself before any one is shirk (associating partners with God). While Islam enjoins the Unity of God, it requires the affirmation that Muhammad sa is His servant and Messenger. That is because in the past whenever a righteous one appeared in the world, some time later his followers deified him. That is what happened in the case of R a m Chandra as and Krishna as. Jesus as has also been deified and called the son of God, though he had said: Why callest thou me good? There is