Truth About the Split — Page 74
74 question that if it is true, as is stated by Maulawi Muhammad Ali, that the belief in the Nubuwwat (prophethood) of the Promised Messiah as was an invention of M. Zahiruddin and that the Promised Messiah as was not a Nabi , then how could it be that, as early as 1906, while the Promised Messiah as was yet alive, it was already known to me that he was a Nabi and I attached so much importance to the point that I made it the central theme of my introductory article in the Tashhidhul Adhhan that just as in the past Ambiya ’ had been raised by God so also in this age there was need for another Prophet and he was no other than the Promised Messiah as ? But I may waive the question for a while and assume that even then I was acting under the influence of M. Zahiruddin and it was at his suggestion that I spoke of the Promised Messiah as as a Nabi but there still remains the other question viz. how was it that in reviewing the article a writer of Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s experience, who now poses as the sole mandatory for the reform of the Community, should have expressed himself in such laudatory terms? In that article I had said very explicitly that the Promised Messiah as was a Nabi and had said so not once or twice but quite a number of times, and had moreover added that it was the Promised Messiah’s as claim that God had vouchsafed