Truth About the Split — Page 142
142 Your youth and physical weakness impel you to severity. To me, a milder course seems preferable. Let the article go to the press. " It is evident from this reply that the Khalifatul Masih marked the passages which appeared to him to have been strongly worded. It is also clear that what displeased him in the article were merely some words which I had used about some weak Ahmadis. This is evident from the fact that the Quranic verse quoted by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra bore reference not to the disbelievers but to the followers of the Holy Prophet sa. As it was, the objectionable words had now been crossed out by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra , who was also pleased for a second time to allow its publication. It was then that I made over the article to the printers. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra had also directed that the proofs should be shown to him. The manager of the Tashhidhul Adhhan was accordingly directed not to print the magazine without first showing the proofs to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra. At this stage, I had to go to Amritsar for a few days on a certain business. During my absence, it was rumoured that the Khalifatul Masih ra had been shown a passage from the Tiryaqul Qulub , from which it followed that the Promised Messiah as had not called his deniers kuffar ,