Truth About the Split — Page 226
226 during the lifetime of the Promised Messiah as there was not much slackening of faith in Maulawi Muhammad Ali. But as soon as the Promised Messiah as breathed his last, a remarkable change began to come over him. Little things contributed to this change. Maulawi Muhammad Ali had always been of an irritable temper. He never could tolerate anything adverse to his own way of thinking. He was also slow to forget when once he became offended. He would stick at nothing to injure those who differed from him. While the Promised Messiah as was alive, he often became annoyed with Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra in matters concerning the Anjuman. When at the death of the Promised Messiah as it was proposed to elect Hadrat Maulawi Nuruddin Sahib as Khalifa, it caused serious umbrage to Maulawi Muhammad Ali. He resented the election, and demanded authority for the institution of the Khilafat. But the unanimity of the Community on the occasion and the general helplessness prevailing at the time restrained him, and led him to enter the Bai‘at of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra. Nay more, he himself became one of the signatories of the notice in which it was announced that Hadrat Maulawi Nuruddin Sahib had been elected Khalifa in accordance with the terms of Al-Wasiyyat. (The Will of the Promised Messiah as ). In spite,