Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 172
STATUS OF KHALIFA Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 172 guidance as if morning would usher in the Judgment Day. When the call for the dawn Prayer service went forth and everyone had arrived in the mosque the upholders of the supremacy of the S adr Anjuman , taking advantage of the interval before the arrival of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra , urged the validity of their thesis upon the waiting worshippers. Shaikh Ra h matull a h was heard to exclaim: "What a pity that a few mischief makers are seeking to make a stripling Khal i fa and thus to ruin the Movement. " Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra arrived to lead the Prayer service and a hush fell on the assembled congregation. During the service after the F a ti h ah he recited Chapter 85 of the Holy Quran. When he came to verse 11: "Those who have involved the believing men and believing women in perplexity, and then do not repent, will surely suffer the chastisement of hell, and the torment of burning;" his voice broke and the congregation were caught in a paroxysm of emotion. He repeated the recitation of the verse in a choked voice and the mosque was filled with cries of wailing and lamentation of the deeply shaken worshippers. All hearts appeared to have been washed clean and filled with awe of the Divine. Selfless faith took complete possession of them. Everyone felt that he had witnessed a heavenly sign. The service ended and the Khalifatul Masih ra went home. The dissentients took advantage of the chastened mood of the congregation, and Khaw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n told a group of them that by repeated recitation of 85:11 in agonised tones, the Khalifatul Masih had made it quite clear that those who hold the