Truth About the Split — Page 30
30 Qibla , Muhammad Zahiruddin writes: "The same revelation viz". "Adopt the seat of Abraham as thy place of prayer "was vouchsafed also to Hadrat Mirza Sahib, (i. e. the Promised Messiah as ) the only difference being that in the Holy Quran the name 'Abraham' referred to the Abraham who built the Kaaba whereas in the revelation of Hadrat Mirza Sahib the name referred to himself, and further that the mosque of Haram was substituted in the latter case by Qadian. Thus when he declared it illegal (for his followers) to pray behind other Muslims, the reason was not that there was any difference between their prayer and that of his own followers, nor that the Maulawis had pronounced a fatwa of heresy against him, but the underlying motive was to create a party in preparation for the ultimate change of the Qibla ". It is clear from these extracts that the writer is an exponent of the view that Hadrat Mirza Sahib was a Prophet with a new law and had set up for his followers a new Qibla (viz. Qadian), in which direction, therefore, his followers ought to turn their faces when saying their prayers, and that they ought also to substitute his name in the formula of faith. The