Truth About the Split — Page 42
42 compare me with Jesus as misguided followers. On the other hand, when making a reference to Khwaja Kamaluddin, the words which escaped the speaker were, "as has just now been said by Khwaja Kamaluddin, the St. Paul of our Movement". Hardly had the words been uttered when a hush fell upon the assembly, and the face of the speaker himself, as he turned towards the Khwaja betrayed a considerable amount of confusion. Maulawi Muhammad Ali will not, I believe, deny this incident to which I myself and many other people, present in the assembly, are prepared to bear sworn testimony. It was not a private discourse. It was public lecture and Providence put the words into the speaker’s mouth. Nor could it be that Khwaja Sahib was compared to St. Paul without any reason. The similarity could hardly have occurred to the speaker without a certain basis in fact. The truth was that Maulawi Muhammad Ali had at that time perceived the direction towards which Khwaja Sahib was then drifting, and the thought in his mind found unconscious expression through his lips. But unfortunately later on he himself chose to follow the same course and became ultimately the leader of the party which shared the views of Khwaja Sahib!