Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 18
18 HAZRAT RA though he was not very interested in calligraphy, his writing was very neat. After two years of education, he returned to Bhera. Then, he started to learn Arabic from his brother, Maulawi Sultan Ahmad. His brother taught him in such a simple and straightforward manner that Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen a grasped the language quickly and soon started reading Arabic books easily. Once, a bookseller came to Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen's home and stayed as a guest for a few days. The man urged the young Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra to learn the translation of the Holy Quran and gave him a copy of the Holy Book with the Urdu translation. When one of his brothers began teaching it to him, it further increased Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen's love for the Holy Quran, which continued to grow throughout his lifetime. He also thoroughly studied portions of the commentary of the Holy Quran. In the same year, another merchant from Bombay recommended some more scholarly