Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 42
N UBUWWAT AND K HIL A FAT 42 Sheikh Ra h matull a h stood and said words to the effect: On my way to Qadian, I said again and again, and I repeat what I said earlier: Give leadership to the old man [i. e. , Hadrat Maulav i N u r-ud-D i n ra ]. Without that, this Jam a ‘at cannot stay united. Everybody agreed with him and no one objected. 2) A petition was submitted to Hadrat Maul a n a N u r-ud- D i n ra bearing signatures of several members of the Jam a ‘at including Sheikh Ra h matull a h, Dr. Sayyed Muhammad H usain Sh a h, Maulav i Muhammad ‘Al i , Khw a j a Kam a l- ud-D i n, and Dr. Mirz a Ya‘q u b Baig. It stated: In accordance with the instructions of the Promised Messiah as as recorded in al-Wa s iyyat , we the Ahmad i s whose signatures are subscribed below, are fully satisfied with a truthful heart, that the first among the immi- grants, Hadrat Maulav i N u r-ud-D i n ra , who is more knowledgeable and more righteous than all of us, and is the most sincere and oldest friend of our holy leader and whom he has determined to be a model for all of us, as in his couplet: How fortunate would it be if everyone of the Community were N u r-ud-D i n, So would it be if everyone were filled with the light of faith. It is therefore incumbent that, in the name of Ahmad as , all Ahmad i s who are Ahmad i s now and those who join later, take a pledge. The sayings of Hadrat Maulav i Sahib ra should bear the same value as the sayings of the Promised Messiah as. ( Badr , June 2, 1908)