Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 115
'ABANDON ALL THOUGHTS OF YOUR HOMELAND' 115 other wife there as well, and later said, 'Abandon all thoughts of your homeland. ' At this, Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra thought that he could forget Bhera but how could it be that even the thought of his homeland should never cross his mind? Later on, he would frequently recount the miracle that God, through His grace, so thoroughly controlled his thoughts, that the idea of Bhera being his home never crossed his mind again. Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra says, 'Since that day, I never thought of Bhera, nor did I ever see it again, even in a dream. ' The fact that he was building a large house or had other property in Bhera-none of those concerns came to his mind again, and so he became part of Qadian. In fact, leaving Qadian, even for a minute, was considered like death by Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra. He used to say. 'Even if a person were to give me 1,000 rupees a day, I would not like to leave Hazrat Sahib's company and go out of Qadian. ' It was Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen's routine