Truth About the Split — Page 336
336 for once everybody could see on his face signs of disappointment and resentment. These signs were not due to the fact that Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra had written out the Will, but due rather to the fact that he saw in the Will the end of his endeavours. Only the awe of the Khalifa restrained him from speaking. In spite of being opposed to the intention of the Will, he only said in reply to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra that the Will was quite all right. Subsequent events, however, will show that in saying this Maulawi Muhammad Ali only practised a dissimulation, and let it be said that no disciple ever practised upon his master lying on his death-bed a worse dissimulation than this. While Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was lying ill, and there was no one to look after the Community, disputations on question of controversy waxed hot, and wherever one might have turned, the topic of conversation was found to be the same. The seriousness of the situation induced me to write out a notice to the following effect: "So long as Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was in sound health, there was no great harm in our discussions of controversial topics inasmuch as there was among us one who