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HAZRAT MAULANA JALAL-UD-DIN SHAMS RA 101 take his Bai’at. ’ 119 And in the same article it was admitted: ‘Which true believer can question the fact that Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Mahmood Ahmad, Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Bashir Ahmad and Hazrat Sahibzada Mirza Sharif Ahmad are the sons of the One raised by God, are intellectual, pure, righteous, possess virtuous manners, and capable in every way to be the guiding leaders. Undoubtedly, all these sons are the progeny, both physically and spiritually, of the Promised Messiah as and are the fulfilment of the revelation َ اِنَّ اہللَ مَعَکَ وَ مَعَ اَھْلِک *. ’ Then on 22 March 1914, the first meeting of those who did not enter into Bai’at took place in Lahore in which the following resolution was passed: ‘We consider the election of Sahibzada Sahib legitimate to the degree that he should take Bai’at from the non-Ahmadis in the name of Ahmad as , that is to say to have them enter into his Ahmadiyya Community. But we do not see the need for him to take Bai’at again from the Ahmadis. We are prepared to accept him as Amir in this capacity. ’ 120 And in the same issue of Paighaam-e-Sulh , Maulawi Muhammad * Translation: ‘Certainly, Allah is with you and with your family. ’ [Translator]