Truth About the Split — Page 180
180 Khalifatul Masih ra was alive, although another pamphlet which Maulawi Muhammad Ali wrote later, in anticipation of the death of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra on the subject of succession to the Khilafat, was published during his lifetime. What is the conclusion to be drawn from all this evidence? This question, which hardly needs an answer, will be answered by the conscience of every reader. Did the Bai ‘ at on the Hand of the Second Khalifa take Place in Ignorance? The ninth item in Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s account is that Ahmadis accepted my Bai‘at under several misconceptions, and that many of them are now openly averse to beliefs held by me. For example, even Maulawi Muhammad Ahsan, the oldest and the most learned living Companion of the Promised Messiah as , has issued a handbill declaring that I am not fit for the office of Khilafat, because I have been promulgating the following erroneous beliefs. (i) That all the followers of the Qibla , professing the Kalima , are kuffar. (ii) That the Promised Messiah as was a perfect and real Prophet and not a partial Prophet or Muhaddath.