Truth About the Split — Page 192
192 us was how to find a solution of the impasse, and in any case a settlement of beliefs required time. I am prepared to swear to the truth of this incident, and I ask Maulawi Muhammad Ali to say whether he too is prepared to swear that he did not refer at this meeting to our beliefs, and that Maulawi Muhammad Ahsan was not one of those who argued with him in order to establish their validity. Now, to the subject of prophethood. On this subject also, as I have already stated, I had publicly explained my views in a speech I delivered on the occasion of the Annual Conference of the year 1910. I had there stated in plain words that the Promised Messiah as was a Nabi. I have already quoted a number of passages from this speech. Here I shall content myself with quoting one more passage. "A Nabi from God has appeared among us. If we follow him, we shall reap all the rewards promised to the Companions of the Holy Prophet sa. " In this passage not only was the Promised Messiah as distinctly called a Nabi , but mention was also made of the eminence of his rank by saying that his followers were to be classed with the Companions of the Holy Prophet sa. When I delivered the speech, Maulawi Muhammad Ahsan was present in the gathering and no sooner had I finished speaking