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30 Messiah as agreed upon establishing the institution of Khilafat. Was this a consensus on falsehood, God forbid? No, never! Many a time they ask: ‘Do you consider us to be hypocrites?’ My answer to them is that we do not call them hypocrites, except for those whose hearts have become absolutely devoid of truthfulness and who, on their own, confess that they are hypocrites. Again, if we accept—according to what they claim—that only one-twentieth of the Jam a ‘at has initiated at my hand by now, they must not forget that after the demise of the Promised Messiah as the whole Jam a ‘at was initiated at the hand of one Khalifah. They may argue that the Jam a ‘at had consensus on falsehood; but in that case, they would fail to find a precedent of such a consensus in the past history. The strongest arguments that the Promised Messiah as has given to prove the death of Jesus as was the verse: 12 The Promised Messiah as said that the second most valid argument in this respect was the consensus of the companions of the Holy Prophet sa. But, alas, today it is asserted by these people that after the Promised Messiah as passed away, the consensus reached by the Jam a ‘at and held for six long years, had been on falsehood – God forbid. This might have been possible if those indulging in such an error had not seen the Promised Messiah as or had been those who had never benefited from his blessed company; but it is simply 12 But since You caused me to die, You have been the Watcher over them. ( S u rah al-M a ’idah , 5:118)