Hadhrat Maulawi Nur-ud-Din’s(ra) place in the history of Islam, Ahmadiyyat and of mankind is firmly established. Khilafat had been lost to the Muslim Ummah for fourteen centuries. Hadhrat Maulawi Nur-ud-Din(ra) was the medium through which Allah Almighty re-introduced Khilafat on earth.
Naturally the impact his Khilafat made was deeply and inextricably linked to his grand personality. Foremost among what Hadhrat Maulawi Nur-ud-Din(ra) stands out for is his all-consuming love for the Holy Qur’an. It was his vade mecum (Latin: “Go with me” meaning a book of reference a person carries with him) and he often remarked that if God had asked him what he wanted most he would beg for the Holy Qur’an. He was wont to say:
“The Quran is my sustenance and is the source of my soul’s refreshment. I read it a number of times a day, but my soul never has its fill. It is healing, it is mercy, it is light, it is guidance.”1
As he possessed an all-consuming love for the Holy Qur’an, so did he strive to infuse into the members of the Jama’at that love for the Holy Qur’an. His scholarship of it was deep and profound and he never missed an opportunity to expound upon the inexhaustible treasures of wisdom comprised in it. During the last ten days of Ramadhan, he would retreat into the mosque and, despite his physical infirmity and indifferent health, he would occupy himself from morning to evening, barring the times for the five prayer services, in expositions of the Holy Qur’a