Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 209
THE RENAISSAN'CE OF ISLAM 209 In February 1911 the Sahibzada, in pursuance of a dream, which he mentioned to the Khalifatul Masih, decided with his permission to form a society which he called Ansanlllah (Helpers of God). The main purposes of this society were to er a spirit of self improvement, to promote propagation of the ideals of the Movement, to pay greater attention to and observe regularity of Prayer services and remembrance of God, to foster the study of the Holy Quran and ahadees, etc. The initiation of this society furnished his opponents with another occasion for misrepresenting the Sahibzada's motives and charging him with conspiring to win support for his own succession to the Khalifatul Masih. Subsequent events established quite clearly the baselessness of any such SUspIcIon. In June 1913 the Sahibzada Sahib sought and obtained the permission of the Khalifatul Masih to start a weekly paper, the title of which the Khalifatul Masih himself suggested should be AI-Fazal. Its. first issue was published on 19 June 1913. The Sahibzada was himself editor of the paper which from the very start became very popular in the Community and throughout maintained a very high standard in all re- spects. The disgruntled section also started the publication of a paper called Paigham Solh (Message of Peace) from Lahore, the first issue of which was published on 10 July 1913. Thus they now had an organ available to them for the propagation of their point of view on different questions in which they were interested. In October 1913 two anonymous tracts were published from Lahore and were circulated within the Com- munity in which the point of view of the disgruntled section was put forward in more offensive and aggressive language than was done iri their organ Paigham Solh. It was soon established beyond doubt that these tracts were inspired and paid for by the leaders of dissent in Lahore. The Khalifatul Masih was grievously hurt by the publication of these tracts, and became convinced that there was little chance of those who were responsible for carrying on such propaganda