Truth About the Split — Page 324
324 When Maulawi Muhammad Ali had finished writing the article, he took immense pains—what he was afraid of is not known—so as to be able to read it privately to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra. Accordingly, one evening having placed some men to guard the door, Maulawi Mohammad Ali prepared to read out the article. But Dr. Khalifa Rashiduddin happened just then to arrive on the scene, and this led Maulawi Muhammad Ali to postpone the reading. On another occasion he absented himself from the Friday congregation and prayers in order to read out his article to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra. Not Approved by Hadrat Khalifatul Masi h ra Miya ń Abdul Hayi the eldest son of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra was present at the reading. His report is that Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra directed that the article should not be published just then, and even said that he had meant something quite different. But Abdul Hayi was at the time very young. I do not, therefore, propose to make his statement the basis of my contention. There is evidence in the article itself which proves that this article was disapproved by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra or it must have been altered after it was read out to him, or it was read out to him at a time when his attention was otherwise engaged