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314 shadow of proof or cause, matters, which according to the law of Islam, they were prohibited even from speaking about. The second fact which the publication of the tracts made clear was that the party had arrived at a final decision that, come what might, they would not abandon their effort to attain their end even though it might lead to a split in the Community, and further that even during the lifetime of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , they had begun preparations for a split in the Community. I do not say that these tracts were written by Maulawi Muhammad Ali himself. But there is little doubt that they were the work of one or another of his friends and coadjutors. Nor were they the work of any single individual. They were the work of a group of men, because to publish a series of tracts and to distribute them widely could not be the work of one man. The preparation, the expense, and the distribution of the tracts required cooperation, and could not be accomplished without assistance. All these facts make it clear that there had been a secret party of Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s friends and associates, and it was they who were responsible for the tracts.