Hakeem Noor-ud-Din

Al-Hajj Maulana Hafiz Hakim Noor-ud-Din Signature Al- Hajj Maulana Hafiz Hakim Noor-ud-Din ( Urdu : الحاج مولانا حافظ حکیم نور الدین ) (born 1841 in Bhera/ Punjab , died March 13, 1914 in Qadian ) was Khalifatul Masih I, Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and a renowned physician, writer and theologian, scholar of Arabic and Hebrew. He was elected as the successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on 27 May 1908, a day after his death. Royal Physician to Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir for many years, his extensive travels included a long stay in the cities of Mecca and Medina in pursuit of religious knowledge. His lectures on Quranic exegesis and Hadith were one of the main attractions for visitors to Qadian . He also wrote rebuttals to Christian and Arya Samaj allegations against Islam . Mawlana Noor-ud-Din was the first person to swear a pledge of allegiance ( bay'ah ) to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad when he claimed to be divinely appointed to take the pledge and establish a community on 23 March 1889. After Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's demise, Hakeem Noor-ud-Din was unanimously voted as his successor, in this capacity he is credited for maintaining unity within the Ahmadiyya community after the death of its founder. He was youngest of seven brothers and two sisters and was 34th in direct lineal descent from Umar Ibn al-Khattab , the Second Caliph of Islam . His family had a tradition of memorizing the Quran .

Al-Hājj Mawlāna Hāfiz Hakīm Noor-ud-Din ( Arabic : الحاج مولانا حافظ حکیم نور الدین) (c. 1841 – March 13, 1914) was a close companion of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam , and was elected as his first successor on May 27, 1908, a day after his death, becoming Khalifatul Masih I, head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community . He was a renowned physician , and was also an active writer , theologian , and scholar of Arabic and Hebrew . Royal Physician to the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir for many years, his extensive travels included a long stay in the cities of Mecca and Medina in pursuit of religious knowledge. His lectures on Quranic exegesis and Hadith were one of the main attractions for visitors to Qadian after Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. His sermons and other discourses have been collected into a four volume exegesis called Haqaiq al-Furqan . Many prominent Quranic Scholars were his students such as Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad (Second Caliph) who wrote Tafsir-e-Kabir and Tafsir-e-Saghir , as well as Maulvi Muhammad Ali and Maulvi Sher Ali who were among the earliest translators of the Quran to English and excellent commentators of the Quran . He is known for his rebuttals to objections and criticisms raised by Christians and the Arya Samaj against Islam . Mawlana Noor-ud-Din was the first person to give bay'ah (oath of allegiance) to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. After Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's death, Noor-ud-Din was unanimously voted as his successor and is credited for maintaining unity within the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community after the death of its founder. The Way of the Righteous , Page 1

Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (also spelled Hakim Nur-ud-Din ; حکیم نور الدین ; 8 January 1834 – 13 March 1914) 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. Royal Physician to the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir for many years, his extensive travels included a long stay in the cities of Mecca and Medina in pursuit of religious learning. Noor-ud-Din was the first person to give bay'ah (pledge of allegiance) to Ghulam Ahmad in 1889 and remained his closest associate and confidant, leaving his home in Bhera and setting up permanent residence at Qadian in 1892. He 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. After Ghulam Ahmad's death, he was unanimously chosen as his successor. Under Noor-ud-Din's leadership, the Ahmadiyya movement began to organise missionary activity with small groups of Ahmadis emerging in southern India , Bengal and Afghanistan , the first Islamic mission in England was established in 1913, and work began on the English translation of the Quran . His lectures on Quranic exegesis and Hadith were one of the main attractions for visitors to Qadian after Ghulam Ahmad. Many prominent scholars and leaders were his students, including Muhammad Ali and Sher Ali , who were themselves Quranic commentators and among the earliest translators of the Quran into English, and Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud who succeeded him as caliph.

Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Hakeem Noor-ud-Din (also spelled Hakim Nur-ud-Din ; حکیم نور الدین ; 8 January 1834 – 13 March 1914) 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. Royal Physician to the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir for many years, his extensive travels included a long stay in the cities of Mecca and Medina in pursuit of religious learning. Noor-ud-Din was the first person to give bay'ah (pledge of allegiance) to Ghulam Ahmad in 1889 and remained his closest associate and confidant, leaving his home in Bhera and setting up permanent residence at Qadian in 1892. He 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. After Ghulam Ahmad's death, he was unanimously chosen as his successor. Under Noor-ud-Din's leadership, the Ahmadiyya movement began to organise missionary activity with small groups of Ahmadis emerging in southern India , Bengal and Afghanistan , the first Islamic mission in England was established in 1913, and work began on the English translation of the Quran . His lectures on Quranic exegesis and Hadith were one of the main attractions for visitors to Qadian after Ghulam Ahmad. Many prominent scholars and leaders were his students, including Muhammad Ali and Sher Ali , who were themselves Quranic commentators and Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud who succeeded him as the caliph. "حضرت خلیفۃ المسیح الاولؓ کی عمر کے متعلق جدید تحقیق" . 11 April 2020.