Truth About the Split — Page 94
94 his unwary readers. Errors of reasoning may be assigned to some honest mistake, but the manipulation of a long series of facts and their presentation in a distorted manner cannot be ascribed to any such mistake. The fact of the matter is that M. Zahiruddin by reason of his obnoxious beliefs had deviated far from the true teaching of Islam and Maulawi Muhammad Ali thought that if somehow or other he could trace my beliefs to the influence of Zahiruddin, there would result a general disinclination in the public mind for my beliefs, while a corresponding inclination would result for the beliefs advocated by Maulawi Sahib. It is, however, futile for him to entertain such a hope for who could succeed in throwing dust at the moon or in concealing a light describing it as darkness! As I have already proved and, as is well known to Maulawi Muhammad Ali himself, though he may not find it convenient to admit it in public, belief in the Nubuwwat of the Promised Messiah as has been entertained and openly advocated by me since the lifetime of the Promised Messiah as. After his death, during the years 1908, 1909 and 1910, to be quite precise, the belief was preached by me continuously through my various writings. My last contribution on the subject, which to suit his ends Maulawi