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42 There is a shameless one in Lahore. ( Tadhkirah , second English Edition p. 723, published by Islam International Publications, 2009) (6) Another objection which these people raise is that initially they were called pious and righteous whereas now they are called evil and disreputable. Our answer to this is that, man can change anytime. Righteous people turn evil and evil people turn righteous. Blessed is he whose end is blessed. Moreover, there was a vision of Promised Messiah as in which he thus spoke to Maulav i Ali: In my dream, I said to Maulav i Muhammad Ali: You were also righteous and meant well, come and sit down with us. vol. 3, no. 29, August 1, 1904, p. 4, See also Tadhkirah English Edition p. 676, published by Islam International Publications, 2009) Could this have been fulfilled if some of those whom we used to consider righteous and who had wished well for the Jam time not been instrumental in creating the trouble now? (7) Again, in 1909, if someone had not gathered all the members of the Jam a ‘at at a place in Lahore and forced them to sign and impression of their thumbs on a paper which held the view that the successors of the Promised Messiah as should have nothing to do with the affairs of the Jam a ‘at; rather, it was the Anjuman [and not of the Khalifah ] to succeed the Promised , second English Publications, Another objection which these people raise is that initially they whereas now they are called evil and man can change anytime. righteous. Blessed is there was a vision of the Muhammad You were also and sit down with us. ( al-Badr , Tadhkirah , second Islam International if some of those whom we used to Jam a ‘at at some time not been instrumental in creating the trouble now? Again, in 1909, if someone had not gathered all the members of sign and put the view that the should have nothing to do it was the role of the to succeed the Promised