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242 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH of the Quran. It was not his objective to mention that he had a belief against the Quran. Similarly the saying of Hadrat Abu Bakr ra did not mean that he could commit an open infidelity. But it means that truth should always be obeyed, and for this there is no question of any specific individual. “If I also commit such thing then you can disobey me. ” It did not mean that he could ever act against the command of God and His Messenger, nor did it mean so in the presence of the command, “Obey Allah, and obey His Messenger and those who are in authority among you,” in the verse of Succession. Verse of Succession and the Second Khilafat Now, leaving the mention of Khilafat-e- Ahmadiyya under the verse of Succession, I take only my Khilafat. Allah, the Almighty has said: “Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them. ” As long as there is a belief and acts of goodness in the majority of the people, the system of Khilafat