Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 53
RELIGIOUS OPPOSITION IN BHERA 53 towards him, and told Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud- Deen's enemies that he would personally kill him with a long sharp knife. Upon discovering this, Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra, who had such strong faith that God would protect him from enemies, decided to visit his foster-brother's home, curious to see how he intended to kill him. So he went to his foster-brother's home after Isha Prayer. A little while after arriving there, Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen a laid down and everyone thought that he had gone to sleep. He was giving his brother a clear chance to stab him the way he had so boldly claimed to the maulawis. At midnight, his foster-mother finally decided to wake Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra up. Perhaps she knew of her son's evil intentions. She kept insisting that he should go home. Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra, on the other hand, kept giving her reasons for him to stay—further giving his foster- brother plenty of time to attack. Eventually, at his foster-mother's insistence,