Truth About the Split — Page 138
138 So I wrote the article and submitted it to Khalifatul Masih I ra , for his approval. This was in March 1911. At that time he was seriously indisposed. The article therefore remained with him for a considerable time. During this time some organs of the Ahmadiyya Movement made references to the article. But as the article remained in the custody of Khalifatul Masih I ra , it began to be rumoured by some advocates of Khwaja Kamaluddin’s views that the article had been strongly disapproved of by the Khalifa. The Khalifa’s indisposition continued, and I thought it improper under the circumstances to trouble him with a reminder. At length, after a month, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , partially regained his health. He then looked through the article and, at several places, corrected it in his own hand. When he had finished I was sitting beside him. He returned the article to me saying "Miya ń , I do not like being hard. You are young, but I am old. " (These, or to this effect, were the words he used). Among those also present at the time was Maulawi Sadaruddin. He, forthwith, reported it to his friends at Lahore, with what additions of his own, I do not know. But within a few days the report had gone round that Khalifatul Masih I ra had disapproved of my article, while the fact only was that the article contained references to persons,