Truth About the Split — Page 172
172 —'even the Miya ń has not understood it' ( Paigh a m-e- S ul h March 3, 1914). What is more important is that Maulawi Muhammad Ali in his own work, Kufr-o-Islam , has retained the word even in his reference to this incident. The omission of the word even from the quotation in The Split affords, therefore, yet another proof of Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s tendency to tamper with texts. This offence of Maulawi Sahib increases in gravity when we remember that after the death of Khalifatul Masih I ra , and before the question of a successor had yet been decided, Maulawi Sahib, in the course of a conversation with me, made a reference to this incident, when I duly corrected his version of it. As the incident was then of recent occurrence, Maulawi Muhammad Ali did not at the time venture to question my statement. He murmured an admission, and then quickly changed the subject of conversation. Then again, sworn statements of those present on the occasion have since been received and published. There is thus little possibility that Maulawi Muhammad Ali may have forgotten the incident. All the circumstances, therefore, point to the inevitable conclusion that Maulawi Muhammad Ali has been