The Noble Son — Page 53
HAZRAT MAULANA JALAL-UD-DIN SHAMS RA 53 that he shall attain renown to the ends of the earth and nations shall receive blessings from him. ’ Such words of the chief of those who rejected Khilafat, show that Hazrat Amirul-Momineen Khalifatul-Masih II aba did not possess such promised renown in 1914. Rather this was such a time when he used to say concerning Hazrat Amirul-Momineen, Khalifatul-Masih II aba , that: ‘From among 500,000 people he cannot even show one- tenth of them as having accepted him as Khalifah and one to be obeyed. ’ 56 And the elders of those who rejected Khilafat had said in a joint announcement: ‘Till now, with difficulty, one-twentieth of the people have accepted him as Khalifah. ’ 57 And concerning those who had taken the Bai’at [oath of allegiance] at his hand, it was being said: ‘Now they have become the slaves of a twenty-five-year-old young man and have no personal opinion or anything left… they have become the eternal slaves of a simple child. ’ 58 And it used to be said: