Truth About the Split — Page 28
28 wrongly brought against the Promised Messiah as by his opponents. The correspondence could in no way apply to us, because we never called the Promised Messiah as a Prophet in the sense imputed by his enemies and persistently denied by himself. Wrong Application of Analogy. Was there then ever actually a party which believed the Promised Messiah as to be a Nabi with a new law, teaching a new creed and abrogating the Holy Quran? On page 15 of The Split , Maulawi Muhammad Ali has himself made mention of the actual existence of such a person. This gentleman, who calls himself an Ahmadi holds the opinion that the Islamic formula should henceforth be read as " La ilaha-Illallah Ahmad Rasuluallah ". Thus Maulawi Muhammad Ali has himself borne testimony to the fact of the actual existence of a party which holds that the Promised Messiah as was actually a Nabi in the sense imputed by his enemies and persistently denied by himself. Possessing such a knowledge, was it fair and honest on the part of Maulawi Muhammad Ali to apply the analogy to me and my party? For as a matter of fact, as I have already said, the analogy cannot apply to my party at all, but to those who regard the Promised Messiah as as a Nabi with a new law and