Truth About the Split — Page 206
206 Ali paid a visit to Qadian in company with some of his friends, I took the opportunity to invite him to my house, and sent Maulawi Sher Ali to escort him to my place, but Maulawi Muhammad Ali was pleased to decline the invitation. Similarly, when earlier in the same year, I had an occasion to pay a visit to Lahore for some medical consultation, some of my friends sent invitation to Maulawi Muhammad Ali and some of his friends. But they declined the invitation. On another occasion, Shaikh Rahmatullah, one of the partisans of Maulawi Muhammad Ali, paid a visit to Qadian and proceeded directly to the Maqbarah-e- Bahishti. Somebody brought the news to me, whereupon I sent somebody to escort him to my house, and also went personally to meet him. I requested him to stop at Qadian, but he declined the request on the plea of urgent work. In a like manner, members of my party make it a point to mix with members of the other party, wherever such meetings are possible. But there are people who are prone to pick quarrels and are intent upon mischief. Their sole object is to deceive others, and they always wait for an opportunity to create trouble. These are the men who sow the seeds of disbelief and dissension. From such people my followers, of course, make it a point to keep away; nor do I myself approve of such