Hadhrat Maulvi Haji Hakim Noor al-Din was the first person who took the pledge of allegiance at the hand of the Promised Messiah (AS). Hadhrat Ahmad (AS) called him the most beloved, the most sincere, and the most truthful friend. Calling his sacrifices worthy of praise, Promised Messiah (AS) stated that he stood above all of his followers because of his sincerity, love, and total dedication.
Hadhrat Maulana’s hometown was Bhera, in district Sargodha, Pakistan, where he was born around 1841. His father's name was Hadhrat Hafiz Ghulam Rasool Qureshi and Noor Bakhat was his mother's name. He was a direct descendant of Hadhrat Umar bin al-Khattab (RA), the second Caliph of Islam.
His forefathers migrated from Medina and settled in Afghanistan. From his mothers side he was a descendant of Hazrat Ali (RA), the fourth Caliph of Islam. He belonged to a scholarly and pious family that was immersed in the study of the Holy Quran. There had been Hafize Quran in his family for the last eleven generations. He learnt the Holy Quran from his mother. In sports he loved swimming and horseback riding.
In 1858 he traveled to Rawalpindi to study for the diploma of education at Normal School. He passed his diploma examination with such distinction that he was appointed principal of a school at the age of twenty-one. He resigned from this job after four years in order to seek more knowledge.
His thirst for knowledge was unquenchable so that he traveled to various cities like Lahore, Rampur, Dehli, Lucknow, and Bhopal for the purpose of obtaining religious instruction. In those days his trust in Allah the Exalted was such that he never cared for his financial or accommodation needs. God Almighty fulfilled all his needs miraculously. He received his religious as well medical instruction in these cities from first-rate physicians & scholars.
While in Bhopal he earned a lot of money from his medical practice, which enabled to him travel to Saudi Arabia for pilgrimage.
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Travels to Mecca
In 1865 he traveled to the cities of Mecca and Medina to perform pilgrimage. On getting the first glimpse of the Kaaba, he prayed:
"Lord I am always in need of thy succor. I beseech thee that whenever I prayed thee of thy mercy, grant my supplication."
Every supplication he made from this day on was always granted. He also holds the distinction of performing the circuit of the Kaaba at a time when no one else was engaged in performing it. After the Hajj he stayed there for another one and half a year to get higher education in theological subjects from leading Arab religious divines.
He traveled to Arabia in 1869 for a second time and stayed there for two years. On his return to India as an accomplished divine he started a school in Bhera for the purpose of giving instruction in the Quran & the Hadith to students. He opened a medical clinic also. In a short while his reputation as a skilled practitioner in natural medicine spread near and far.
In 1876 he went to Kashmir at the behest of His Highness the Maharajah Ranbir Singh and remained there for fifteen years as his royal physician. Besides his medical practice he continued giving religious instruction in the Noble Quran to palace courtiers, so much so that the Maharajah himself learnt the translation of half of the Quran from him.
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