Fazl-e-Umar — Page 134
Fazle Umar 134 attacks were published in the columns of the Al-Fazl under the direction of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih. It is true that members of the Paigham party, whenever they became aware of having incurred the open displeasure of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih used to run up to him and begged for pardon, but no sooner did they return from his pres- ence, then they reverted to their own ways. This period was fraught with the gravest danger for the Movement, because even its enemies had now become aware of the disputes, which for some years had been dividing Ahmadis into opposite ranks. Nor were they slow to take advantage of this state of affairs. They began openly to encour- age the Lahore party and to induce them by various means to persist in the dispute till at last Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih was compelled once to call The Paigham-i-Sulh (lit. Message of Peace) Paigham-i-Jang (lit. Message of War). 91 C O n T I n UAT IO n OF T H E P RO j E C T S OF T H E P ROM I SE d M E S SIA H [as] The function of a Khalifa had been set out by the Promised Messiah [as] in his Testamentary Direction in these terms that after the Prophet, God Almighty makes manifest another aspect of His Power, and provides such means through which those purposes which had remained unfulfilled to some degree are fully achieved. Therefore, the first care of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih [ra] was to take up and push forward the projects that were pending or were contemplated at the time of the death of the Promised Messiah [as]. Hence, Huzur appointed a Committee in June 1908 composed of Sahibzada Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Maulvi Muhammad Ali, Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan and Dr. Khalifa Rasheeduddeen to take the necessary steps to put the Madrassa Ahmadiyya (Ahmadiyya School) on a proper footing. The Committee drew up a scheme, recommended immediate implementation of certain parts, and made an