Truth About the Split — Page 235
235 instructed, and Khwaja Kamaluddin came fully prepared to Qadian. Since it was a matter which concerned their faith, and the rank and file had been assured that a false step at this stage would condemn the Community to perpetual ruin, there was a great stir of feeling in the Jama'at. Many were ready to lay down their lives for the sake of the cause and some made bold even to declare that, if the Khalifa came to an unsatisfactory decision, he would be deposed from the Khilafat forthwith. Others waited in silence for the Divine decision. Still others displayed enthusiasm in support of the Khilafat and were ready to make every sacrifice for the sake of maintaining its authority. Speaking generally, nearly all the people who had come from outside, and who had been under the instruction of Khwaja Sahib and his friends, as also a portion of the residents of Qadian, were inclined to hold the view that Anjuman was the proper successor of the Promised Messiah as. A majority of the residents of Qadian no doubt supported the authority of the Khilafat. Those who have subsequently joined the ranks of the Movement and have not had occasion to witness the pain and suffering which the Promised Messiah as had had to endure for its establishment, nor have they known of the travails through which the Movement