An Exposition of Some Criticisms Against Khilafat-e-Rashida — Page 30
AN EXPOSITION OF SOME CRITICI SMS AG AINST KHILAFAT - E - RASHIDA 30 his last Haj that Muslims follow steadfastly the precepts of his Khalifas. The same stand has in fact been taken by the Khalifas of the Promised Messiah. For instance, Maulana Nur - ud - Deen, the first Khalifa emphatically declared: “I have told you repeatedly and have demonstrated it from the Holy Quran that it is not the part of man to establish a Khalifa; it is the function of God Almighty. Who appointed Adam to the office of Khilafat? God says : ‘I am going to make you a Khalifa on earth’. “I solemnly declare that God appointed me as Khalifa just as He had appointed Adam, Abu Bakr and Omar as Khalifas” (Badar 4. 7. 1912). “It is God Who has appointed me Khalifa, and He knows best. No one has the power to remove a Khalifa appointed by God. . . False is the person who claims that he made the appointment” (AI - Hakam 21. 1. 1914). “You can derive no benefit by agitating this question. No one will make any of you Khalifa, nor can anyone else become Khalifa in my lifetime. When I die it will be only that one concerning whom God so wills who will become Khalifa and God will raise him t o this office Himself. You have made a covenant with me. You should not raise the question of Khalifa. God has made me Khalifa and now I cannot be set aside by any of you, nor has anyone the power to set me aside. I f you persist in your attitude