The Outset of Dissension in Islam — Page 150
150 H A D RAT MIRZA BASHIR-UD-DIN MAHMUD AHMAD companions to resist. We know not what the outcome would have been, but from the events we know this much, even if it had been the Khilafat of Hadrat ‘ Umar ra , this conflict still would have arisen; the allegations which were levelled against Hadrat ‘Uthm a n ra would also have been levelled against Hadrat ‘Umar ra ; for Hadrat ‘Uthm a n ra did nothing which Hadrat ‘Umar ra and Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra had not done. Due to a shortage of time, since the events of the Khilafat of Hadrat ‘ Al i ra were mentioned in only a few minutes and were very brief; hence, I deleted this part during my second reading.