Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 75
THE AWAITED AND THE SEEKER 75 Hazrat Muhammad Zafrulla Khan ra relates the following account of this meeting in the words of Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen's own words: As soon as I beheld him, my heart testified that this was the Mirza as and I would lay down my life for him. 27 The Promised Messiah's feelings on meeting Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra were no different. He had written that he had prayed for Allah to bless him with a sincere friend to serve the true faith of Islam. He prayed in the following words: O God, grant me a similar helper as You granted one to Moses in the person of Haroon. 28 When Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as met Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra, he was sure that Allah had heard his prayer, and granted him his best companion-Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud- Deenra from Kashmir. This fulfilled the hadith that Imam Mahdi's companions would also come