Truth About the Split — Page 104
104 read the report, made haste to write without adequate deliberation a very impertinent and disrespectful letter to the Khalifa. He found fault with the Khalifa’s views and declared them to be opposed to the teachings of the Promised Messiah as. Upon this, the Khalifa wrote to him with the greatest affection and tried to explain matters to him. But Zahiruddin was lacking in uprightness and understanding. He increased in his impertinence, and in spite of the fact that a correct, version of the speech had in the meantime been published in Al-Hakam and many of his objections had already been satisfactorily answered, he remained obdurate and doubtful of the good faith of the Khalifa. This may be seen from his letter published in Al-Hakam of 14th October 1912, wherein he wrote: "Your favour is to hand. If the persons you had in view were only Abdullah Timapuri and Yar Muhammad. " These words clearly show that, in spite of the assurance by the Khalifa that his announcement did not relate to Zahiruddin and that it related only to Maulawi Yar Muhammad and Abdullah Timapuri, Zahiruddin was still unsatisfied with the assurance, and signified his disbelief by an 'If '. He also proceeded to reiterate his former statement that he was opposed to the beliefs of the Khalifa.