Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 249
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I FINAL ADMONITIONS 249 in him or rejecting him is clear. If one who rejects him professes to be a Muslim he is that much closer to you, as the Christians are closer to you than the Jews. In the same way the Muslims who reject Hadrat Mirza Sahib as can be closer to us than the others. He who believes in Hadrat Mirza Sahib as and rejects me is like the Raf di s who reject the companions of the Holy Prophet sa. The matter is quite clear, but the idlers occupy themselves with futile contentions. Then some of my friends say that the members of the community in Lahore obstruct the Khilafat. I have studied the Holy Quran and Hadith with teachers, and I believe in them sincerely. My heart is filled with love of the Quran and Hadith. I spend thousands of rupees on purchasing books on biography and history relating to Islam. All this study has confirmed my belief that no one can obstruct that which God determines to carry through. I have mentioned that Adam as and David as were Khal i fas and have referred to Ab u Bakr ra and ‘Umar ra , who succeeded our lord and master as Khal i fas. I have also told you that as Ab u Bakr ra and ‘Umar ra were Khal i fas , in the same way God Almighty has made me Khal i fa after Hadrat Mirza Sahib as. But here is something more. God has said: Then We made you successors in the earth (10:15). You too were made Khal i fas in the earth, though that is a different type of Khilafat. Thus it is only God who makes Khal i fas , and no one has the power to obstruct Him. Lahore is not my home. My home is Bhera, and now it is Qadian. I tell you that no