Truth About the Split — Page 87
87 used by the Divine Being. It seemed to me undesirable that such a dubious mode of expression should find general currency in the Community. The apprehension was further deepened when I marked that during that year a number of Ahmadis had mixed themselves up with some of the secular topics of the day (e. g. agitation over the Muslim University question) and were gradually breaking away from the central purpose of the Movement. This knowledge made me resolve to draw the special attention of the Community to this question on the occasion of the Annual Conference. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , was not present during the speech, but Khwaja Kamaluddin, Maulawi Muhammad Ali, and Maulawi Muhammad Ahsan were all present. In the presence of these gentlemen and before the Community at large I spoke on the point, and that speech of mine clearly shows that I had all along believed the Promised Messiah as to be a Nabi. A few extracts from the speech which was published in the Badr of 19th January, 1911, may be quoted. "He is God who out of His bounty granted to you the grace to follow a Nabi. " Again referring to the difference between Ahmadis and non-Ahmadis, I said: "I have seen two