Khilafat Keeps Prophethood Alive — Page 3
‑ 3 ‑ had been chosen as the khalifa and this was readily conveyed to the maulawi in question by the members of the community. He replied that because Maulawi Nur-ud- Din ra was well versed in religion, he was able to deceive people to [attain this position]. A truer judgement could only be made at the time of his demise. This maulawi was still alive when Hazrat Khalifatul Masih I ra passed away, and because a disagreement had arisen as to whether the Promised Messiah as should be succeeded by the Anjuman or by khalifat, he felt that this time the community would certainly go astray and claimed that the members of the community would choose the Anjuman to lead them. Not long after, news of my appointment as the khalifa arrived from Qadian. Upon hearing this, the maulawi could only reply that if nothing else Ahmadis were very cunning.