Truth About the Split — Page 355
355 This Will had been written at a time when Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra could see death approaching, and when he was waiting for the hour he would leave the world to meet his Master and Lord. This Will had been written at a time when Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra was going to bid farewell to the Community, the vessel of whose destiny, for six long years, he had been steering to success through all the worst storms and stresses. It had been written at a time when the thought of the future welfare of the Community more than anything else occupied his mind. This Will had been written at a time when Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra was expecting to return to his beloved Master, the Promised Messiah as , to report how faithfully he had discharged the Master’s trust. This Will had been written at a time when Hadrat Khalifatul Masih was about to close the last chapter of his life, and did not hope to have any more opportunity to serve the Community. This Will had been written at a time when from weakness and prostration, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra could not even sit up in his bed, and the Will was therefore written with utmost difficulty in a state of reclining.