Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 66
66 HAZRAT RA a Muslim. ' He added that the Holy Quran was an attractive Book and the way that Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra taught it made it even more attractive. In 1881, Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra was invited with the Maharajah to attend the wedding of a prince. He travelled there with the royal procession on an elephant. The journey was expected to take one month. On the way back, Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra was injured while riding the howdah (a seat for riding on the back of the elephant), which had a loose spring that chafed his side and caused a skin abscess. Even after his wound was cleaned up, he was in a lot of pain and felt that riding on a horse might be better. He gave up the elephant and rode the horse for a few miles but then had to dismount because of the pain. He walked alongside the horse waiting for someone to come to his assistance. Soon, the crown prince arrived and asked why he had stopped. When Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deenra explained