Truth About the Split — Page 342
342 mine, dreamt long ago, that I was in a coach coming from some place when I received the news of the death of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra. Under the circumstances of the time, this was a most disconcerting news. The death of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra was a great shock to us. But greater than the shock was our fear of that dissension and disunity in the Community which the death seemed to occasion. Telegrams were despatched at once to various places to inform Ahmadiyya centres of the sad event. The greater portion of the Jama'at at Qadian engaged themselves in prayers to the Almighty. At the time of the ‘ Asr prayers when a majority of the Jama'at was present at the Masjid Nur I made a brief speech. I said: "With the departure of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra , there has devolved upon us a grave responsibility which everyone of us must prepare himself to discharge to the best of his powers. Deeds however worthy in themselves lose their worth by being associated with bad motives. This is the reason why God has enjoined the recitation of the prayer "I seek refuge with Allah etc" at the time of reading any passage from the Holy Quran, and has prefixed the text "In the name of Allah, etc. " at the head of every chapter of the Quran. By the first, the reader seeks Divine protection against the intrusion of evil