27 Facts About Hakeem Noor-ud-Din

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din was a close companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, and his first successor and first Ahmadiyya caliph since 27 May 1908.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din assisted Ghulam Ahmad throughout the course of his religious vocation, himself authored several volumes of rebuttals in response to criticisms raised by Christian and Hindu polemicists against Islam and was instrumental in arranging some of the public debates between Ghulam Ahmad and his adversaries.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din considered his mother, Noor Bakht, to be his first teacher.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din used to say that he was fed the love of the Quran through his mother's milk.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din went to a local school for his early education.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din spoke Punjabi as his mother tongue, but after hearing a soldier speaking Urdu, he fell in love with the language and learnt it by reading Urdu literature.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din's eldest brother, Sultan Ahmad, was a learned person who owned a printing press in Lahore.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din learnt Persian at Lahore, where he stayed for two years.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din urged Noor-ud-Din to learn the translation of the Quran and presented him with a printed copy of five of the principal chapters of the Book together with their Urdu translation.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din was then sent to study at a School in Rawalpindi where he graduated with a Diploma at the age of 21 and thereafter, due to his academic abilities, was appointed the headmaster to a school in Pind Dadan Khan at the young age of 21.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din first came into contact with Christian missionaries while he was in Rawalpindi.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din learnt Mishkat al-Masabih from Syed Hasan Shah, Fiqh from Azizullah Afghani, Islamic Philosophy from Maulvi Irshad Hussain Mujaddadi, Arabic Poetry from Saadullah Uryall, and Logic from Maulvi Abdul Ali and Mullah Hassan.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din stayed there for many years to acquire religious knowledge.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din learnt Hadith from famous Sheikh Hasan Khizraji and Maulvi Rahmatullah Kiraynalwi.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din gave 'bay'ah' to Shah Abdul Ghani, the Grandson of Shah Waliullah Muhaddith Dehlawi.

On his way back to his hometown, Hakeem Noor-ud-Din stayed in Delhi for a few days.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din was later offered the position in 1895 but declined the offer.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din was surprised to see that the writer of the page was a claimant of receiving Wahi.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din purchased the book and read it with great interest.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din was so impressed by the book that he decided to meet the writer.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din eventually migrated to Qadian and made his home there soon after he was made to leave his job in Kashmir.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din sent various teams of scholars from Qadian to preach the Ahmadiyya message, to deliver lectures on Islam and hold sessions of religious discussion in numerous cities within India, which proved to be very successful for the community.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din was himself a man of learning and was fond of books.

When Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din visited London in pursuance of his legal practice, Hakeem Noor-ud-Din advised him to keep three things in view, one of which was to try to get the Mosque in Woking opened which was originally built by the Begum of Bhopal, and had been reported to have been locked for some time.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din dealt with internal dissension, when some high-ranking office bearers of the Ahmadiyya Council disagreed with some of the administrative concepts being implemented and regarding the rights of a Caliph.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din married Sughra Begum, the daughter of Sufi Ahmad Jan of Ludhiana in 1889.

Hakeem Noor-ud-Din likely married her during a visit to Mecca and Medina.