Truth About the Split — Page 381
381 endorse his views, but out of a gathering of 2000 (the majority of whom according to their report entertained the greatest aversion for me), they could not find even that inconsiderable number to support their views. Qazi Abdul Haq, of course, is now dead, but will Maulawi Sadruddin who is still alive affirm on oath that the above incident has no basis in fact; and in view of this incident was he justified in objecting to the activity of Maulawi Muhammad Ismail which was soon abandoned at the instance of Maulawi Sahib’s own friends. Besides this, there is another testimony in this connection. This is the testimony of Doctor Ilahi Bakhsh Sahib, who says: "I remember that at the time when the illness of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra had not yet reached so serious a stage—though his condition was daily growing worse—I happened one day to speak to Akbar Shah Khan Sahib saying that the condition of Hadrat Sahib was getting more and more critical. May God help us. The conversation led us to the question of Kh i lafat, and Khan Sahib said that there was of course the danger of a split because the Lahore party