Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 244
244 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH enemies, but at the time of my Khilafat there was also a fear of internal opponents along with the external enemies. Moreover Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra had the title of H ak i mul Ummat along with so many others, but for many years it was being propagated against me that if the reign of the Jam a ‘at came in the hands of this child, the Jam a ‘at would be ruined. I was neither a scholar of Arabic nor of English nor knew any art that might draw the attention of the people towards me, nor did I have any post and influence in the Jam a ‘at. All powers were with Maulaw i Muhammad Ali and he did whatever he liked. In such circumstances a person who was called a child by age; unaware of knowledge; who had no authority in Anjuman; no money in his hands; and people stood up against him had big degrees, all the wealth of the people in their hands, and been considered the masters of great honours for a long time. They claimed not to let this child be a Khalifah. But God failed them totally, and the same whom they called uneducated, intelligent, and about whom it was openly said that he would ruin the Jam a ‘at, Allah, the Almighty selected him for Khilafat. These people then became disappointed, and separated themselves by saying that the Jam a ‘at had committed a blunder by making an uneducated and immature child a Khalifah. In a few days they would see the wrong of their folly. They said that the Jam a ‘at would be ruined, and the recovery of money would stop. All honour and noble