Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen – Khalifatul Masih I – The Way of the Righteous — Page 133
Hakeem Noor-ud-Deen The Way of the Righteous 132 the same period, a religious conference was held in Calcutta. The Jama ‘ at was invited, and at the urging of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , Maulavi Muhammad Ali delivered a lecture in English. In the same year, Khawaja Kamal-ud-Din visited Hyderabad Deccan and called on the Nizaam of Hyderabad, the ruling Prince of the State and presented to him a book, Saheefa-i-Aasifiyah , especially written for the ruling Prince and invited him to the Movement. In 1910, an Islamic conference was held in Meerut and a delegation of the Jama ‘ at also participated, which included Haafiz Raushan Ali and Khawaja Kamal-ud-Din. Madrassa Elahiyat and Anjuman Hidayatul-Islam jointly organized a conference on Islam and the organizers sent an invitation to Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra and to prominent scholars of the Jama ‘ at to participate in the conference. Therefore, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I ra nominated a team of scholars, which included Hadhrat Maulavi Syed Sarwar Shah, Khawaja Kamal-ud-Din, Hadhrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq and Maulavi Sadr-ud-Din. They delivered lectures on Islam. From there, they went to see Maulana Shibli No ‘ amani in Lucknow who met the delegation with a great deal of courtesy. During the exchange that took place, Hadhrat Mufti Muhammad Sadiq ra affirmed the fact that Ahmadis fully believe in the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa as Khataman-Nabiyyeen , however, the door of the Divine grace of revelations remains open and the flow of revelations had not stopped, and the claim of the Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as was in accordance with these beliefs. He had been the recipient of Divine revelations and gave the news of the events of the future. The person who speaks of the future, subsequent to the receipt of the Divine revelations, in Arabic lexicon is a prophet and we believe in him to be a prophet – bearer of news – in that sense. Maulana Shibli No ‘ amani then observed: "It is indeed so and, according to Arabic lexicon, the meaning of the prophet is the same, but the people generally are hesitant to see the meaning that way. Members of your Jama ‘ at are indeed very educated and