Truth About the Split

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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Truth About the Split — Page 256

256 Movement. These reports were sent over the name of someone from among the audience. In this way he managed soon to build reputation for himself. Nor was his popularity to be wondered at. The teachings of the Promised Messiah as on which he drew were intrinsically attractive. Khwaja Sahib possessed natural capacity for eloquence, and was also a past master in the art of self-advertisement. He had a series of articles published in his own praise. Some were written by himself and some by his friends. The demand for his lectures grew and wherever he went, he took the opportunity indirectly or—where possible—directly to speak to Ahmadis regarding the relations between the Khalifa and the Anjuman. The reputation which he had acquired as a lecturer served to leave some impression behind. Khwaja Kamaluddin Inclines towards non- Ahmadis It is a well established truth that when a person takes one false step, circumstances oblige him to take another. With the scope of his lectures widened, Khwaja Sahib had more and more occasion to come into contact with non-Ahmadis. He was unfamiliar with the inwardness of the Ahmadiyya Movement, and now a new difficulty confronted him. It often