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Khilafat-i-Ahmadiyyah and the Pledge of Allegiance to Khilafat 39 5) At another occasion, he said: I declare in the name of Allah that Allah has appointed me as khal i fah , just as He appointed Adam as , Ab u Bakr ra and ‘Umar ra as khulaf a’. ( Ibid. ) 6) Another of his admonitions is: If I have been made khal i fah , this is God’s doing in accordance with His design. It is true that He has made me khal i fah for your good. No power can set aside a khal i fah appointed by God. No one of you has the power or strength to set me aside. If God Almighty wills to set me aside He will cause me to die. You must commit this matter to God…. The person who says that he has made me khal i fah utters a falsehood. ( al- H akm, January 21, 1914) 7) Again, he has said: If anyone say that the Anjuman has made me khal i fah , he utters a falsehood. Such thinking is destructive and should be eschewed. Listen once more that no man or Anjuman has made me khal i fah , nor do I consider any Anjuman capable of appointing a khal i fah. Thus no Anjuman has made me khal i fah , nor do I attach any value to the action of any Anjuman in that context. Should the Anjuman leave me I would not pay any attention to its action. No one has the power to deprive me of the robe of the khil a fat. ( Badr, July 4, 1912) 8) There is another significant statement of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra in explaining the pledge of allegiance to khil a fat and remaining faithful to khil a fat. A person wrote to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra : Is it obligatory to take a pledge with you? He said: Whatever is commanded for the original pledge, does apply equally to the branch. The Companions ra of the Holy