Truth About the Split — Page 339
339 mentioned above, and tried to impress upon them the need for unity. But Maulawi Sahib, instead of dwelling upon the subject of unity, started raking up the past. He went on to rebuke the Jama'at for their attacks upon Khwaja Sahib and his friends, and indulged in similar other recriminations. People kept sitting out of their regard for me, otherwise it was all but certain that, instead of putting down existing differences, the meeting might have led to a serious disorder in the Community. Towards the end of his speech, Maulawi Sahib also made a few remarks about unity, but his tone was throughout incisive, and tended to increase public displeasure and to aggravate the existing differences. Meantime, the condition of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra had become worse, and everybody was afraid that a crisis was coming. Under the circumstances it was natural that their thoughts should have turned to the question, what was going to happen? I was all along engaged in addressing prayers to God and pressed others to do the same. For, at the time, the questions in dispute did not concern me. My only concern was to preserve the unity of the Community. The fear of a possible split was consuming my heart. Accordingly, 1 had talks on the subject with Ahmadis who had influence in the Community. On the whole,