Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 94
94 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH in the lectures of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , it was sometimes said that: the Lahori people should not be mistrusted; the presumption that they are against Khilafat is not true. This is because they repeatedly conveyed to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra that whatever was thought about them was false and they were the upholders of Khilafat from the depths of their hearts. See how their falsehood has now been exposed. They vehemently deny the very things, which they used to affirm on oath. In short, after accepting the Khilafat of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , they, like the secessionists, started chanting: 20 i. e. “Final decision belongs to Allah alone; consultation should be the basis of decisions”. Nevertheless, Allah, the Almighty caused them to fail and the Jam a ‘at gathered around me. Some people also left thereafter, for their own interests, and began the same chant. Allah, the Almighty has kept them unsuccessful so far, and we pray that Allah, the Almighty save the Jam a ‘at from their mischief in the future also. 20 H u du r has here given the implied meanings of what Khaw a rij said. Actual words given in Al-K a mil fit T a r i kh are and in Vol. 3, pp. 334, 326, by ‘Izzuddin Abul Hasan Ali bin Abul Karam Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Abdul Kar i m bin Abdul W ah id Ash-sh i b a n i , known as Ibnil Ath i r, publisher D a ru Sa dir, D a r Beirut, AH 1385, AD 1965.