Truth About the Split

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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Truth About the Split — Page 334

334 Masih I ra about a month before his death, it was not published till after that sad event, although a longer tract written subsequently by Maulawi Muhammad Ali was published earlier. This fact is sufficient to indicate that the postponement of the publication of this paper was intentional, and that the obvious purpose was to await the death of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra. The Will of Hadrat Khalifatul Masi h I ra The illness of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra continued to advance, till at last in February 1914 doctors advised that he should move outside the town into purer air. Khan Muhammad Ali Khan Sahib, Chief of Malerkotla, and son-in-law of the Promised Messiah as , vacated a portion of his house for the residence of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra. He moved to this house, but his weakness continued to grow. Therefore, I also took up my quarters with him. On the 4th March at about ‘ Asr time (afternoon) he called for writing materials, and wrote out a will as follows: "The undersigned, in full possession of his senses and consciousness, writes the following testament: La Ilaha Illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah. My children are young. I have no money in my house. God is