Truth About the Split — Page 176
176 they miss the Juma prayer? To this, the Doctor replied that they had waited there in order to read out an article to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra. I inquired "And did they read out the same to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih?" The Doctor said, "No, twice or thrice they asked leave to read, but Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra declined saying he was going to take rest. Thus they failed in the object for which they had forgone their Juma prayers". After this I came back to Sahibzadah Sahib and related to him the whole story. Then I went back to the house of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih and sat down determined not to leave the place till Maulawi Muhammad Ali had either read the article or returned home disappointed. Maulawi Muhammad Ali waited in the house of Maulawi Sadruddin looking for the time when I should leave Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra , while I looked for the time when Maulawi Muhammad Ali should read out his article to him. At length came the time for the Maghrib prayers. Maulawi Muhammad Ali now departed for his house out of town, and I departed for the Maghrib prayers. After the