Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 183
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I STATUS OF KHALIFA 183 return to Lahore. We desire that we should consult together and agree upon some plan that should obviate any risk of trouble in case of an emergency. We wish to assure you that none of us desires to be Khal i fa , nor does Maulaw i Muhammad ‘Al i. " On this Maulaw i Muhammad ‘Al i made an affirmation to that effect, and Khaw a ja Kam a l-ud-D i n proceeded: "We do not consider any one beside you worthy of being Khal i fa , and we are all agreed that you should be Khal i fa ; but we request that no decision should be taken till after our arrival from Lahore, lest someone should take some step in a hurry that might cause trouble. Our arrival must be awaited. " Sahibz a da Sahib ra heard him without interruption, though he had resented the implication that while none of them wished to be Khal i fa he was eager for the succession, and when he finished he observed: "I consider that even the discussion of the question, in the lifetime of a Khal i fa , who should succeed him is sinful, let alone the determination that a particular individual should be his successor. " Having said this he left them to their devices. The injury on the temple of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra was slow in healing and became a sore. On the night of 19th January, 1911, perceiving some pressure on his heart he called for paper and writing materials and wrote Ma h m u d Ahmad ra on a piece of