Khuddam USA Souvenir 1989 — Page 9
HAZRAT AL -HAAJ HAFIZ HAKEEM MAUI. ANA NOORUDDEEN, KHALIFATUL-MASIH I, MAY ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HIM The first person through whom Allah's promise of second manifestation or His Divine Power was fulfilled in Ahmad1yyat was Hazrat Al haaj Hafiz Hakeem Noorud deen {may Allah be pleased with him) He was elected to be the first successor to the prom- ised Messiah {peace be on him) on May 27, 19 08 He was a learned, talented, virtuous and devoted companion of the Promised Messiah (peace be on him) About him the Promised Messiah has said in one of his verses: ~&. ?> 1 )) ::. . tx), c:. . . ·!. . (':': ~>~ v: h}. :. )Jt. fC21u-;-: How excellent would it be if everyone of the community were a Nooruddeen. So would it be if every heart were filled with the light of the certainty of faith. Further he wrote in his praise as " Ever since I have been commissioned by Allah the Exalted, and have been revived by the Ever Living, the Self Subsisting One, I have been eager to meet distin guished helpers or the faith, with an eagerness greater than that of one thirsty for water. I supplicated day and night, 'Lord I am alone and helpless, who will be my helper and my assistant ?' When my hands rose re peatedly in supplication and the atmosphere became charged with my prayer, Allah the Exalted heard my outcry and the mercy of the Lord of the Worlds was roused in my behalf and he bestowed upon me a sincere and faithful friend. who is the very eye of my helpers. and is the essence of those who are my faithful friends in the cause of the faith. His name, like his shining qualities, is Nooruddeen {light of faith). . . My JOY at meeting him was such as if a severed limb of mine had been restored to me. . When he came to me and met me and I looked at him, I perceived that he was a sign out of the signs of my Lord, and I realized that he was the result of my con- stant supplications and my intuition informed me that he was one of the chosen servants of Allah. . . . All praise is due to Allah, the Exa lted, who b es towed this friend upon me at a time when I was in great need of him. He is farsighted and keenly discerning. He strives in the cause of Allah and has outstripped his contemporaries in his devoted love of Him "He is in such complete accord with me as the pulse is in accord with the breath (A'eena Kamalat-e Islam) " This great and excellent person Nooruddeen (may Allah be pleased with him) was born in 1841 in Bhera, India. He was a well known scholar of Islam and a very famous physician (hakeem) of his time. Raias and maha- rajas of India used to call upon him for medical consulta- lion, paying him huge sums of money. He was the first person to take the Oath of Allegiance to the Promised Messiah on March 23. 1889, and devoted his life for the noble cause of serving Islam. During his period of Khilafat he emphasized on propa- gation of Islam and teaching the Holy Quran. He strengthened the institution of Khilafat. Ile was always eager to seek Allah's pleasure and Allah had always blessed him with plentiful of it. After living a very successful spiritual life he passed away on Friday, March 13, 1914 , in Qadian, India May Allah be pleased with him and make the highest terrace of the garden of His pleasure his abode. Amen (Contnbuled by Mubarak A. JamtlJ Klwddam-ul·Almiadiyya U. S. A. - 9