Truth About the Split — Page 64
64 sought to reply to the objection taken by the Ahmadis that he had started a new formula of faith. The reply was nothing but an admission of what was alleged. Upon this the Ahmadiyya Community again cut off all connection with him and although the ostensible ground for his ostracism was his alleged claim to Khilafat but—as he himself disowned making any such claim—the real reason was no doubt the promulgation of these new beliefs. No direct refutation of the latter was published by the Community although an indirect refutation of them was to be found in the saner views which found expression in the newspapers of the Ahmadiyya Community and in some books. (4) In 1909 Maulawi Muhammad Ahsan brought out a book on the subject of a controversy held at Rampur, between himself and Maulawi Sanaullah of Amritsar, under the auspices of the Nawab of Rampur. On page 67 of the book under the heading "Discussion relating to partial prophethood in subordination to complete prophethood," Maulawi Muhammad Ahsan wrote: "By following the Holy Prophet sa one can be granted partial prophethood in subordination to complete prophethood for helping the cause of the religion of Islam. "Later on, the same learned old man wrote an article in the monthly journal Tashhidhul Adhhan