Truth About the Split — Page 211
211 assembled, and speak for such time as they granted to one of our members to speak at one of their meetings. To this, they replied that among their number there was none who could speak on the occasion. They, therefore, asked that Sayyid Mudassar Shah might be permitted to speak on their behalf. They also requested that the time allotted to the speaker should be longer than that which was allowed in their meetings to our representative. I acceded to both these requests. Accordingly, after a speech by Maulawi Hafiz Raushan Ali on the subject of the prophethood of the Promised Messiah as , Sayyid Mudassar Shah was granted one hour in which he explained to the audience, consisting of some 6,000 Ahmadis assembled from all parts of the country, the views of the rival section. After he had finished, his arguments were refuted by Mir Muhammad Ishaq. The arrangement removed once for all the complaint of the rival party that Ahmadis were prevented from hearing the arguments of their side. Praise be to God, the address of the rival party only served to strengthen the conviction of Ahmadis in their beliefs and to expose the weakness and error of the rival views. Mir Muhammad Ishaq’s speech, in fact, served as another illustration of the Quranic truth: When truth comes falsehood vanishes.