Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 76
76 HAZRAT RA from Kashmir. In this way, Hazrat Maulawi Noor- ud-Deen's coming was also a Sign. The Promised Messiah as used to say that his luminous attribute is Noor-ud-Deen, which means the 'Light of the certainty of Faith. He was a widely renowned leader of Islam and a descendant of the pious. The Promised Messiah as described his relationship with Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra as if he had been reunited with a part of himself, and he experienced the same joy that the Holy Prophet sas had felt when Hazrat Umar Farooq ra accepted Islam. In short, both these distinguished personalities saw in each other the person they had been longing for. The one person the Promised Messiah as used to praise the most from among his loving friends was Hazrat Maulawi Noor-ud-Deen ra. He says: I render thanks to Allah the Exalted that He has bestowed upon me a friend of the highest degree of excellence. After discussions and conversations with Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as, Hazrat Maulawi