Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 221
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I ILLNESS 221 Pray constantly; I repeat: Pray constantly that the community may be safeguarded against dissension. The favour that God has hitherto bestowed on it is the result of prayer. Pray for me also that my coadjutors should be sincere believers, submissive to God, beneficent, benevolent and should not oppose me. May I be furnished with preachers who should preach with reasoned conviction, should recognise the truth, should be free from worldliness, and along with their sincerity should be aware of the way of the Holy Prophet sa. " He wound up with: "You owe me some obligations: 1. You have sworn allegiance to me and owe me obedience. He who defaults on a covenant becomes a hypocrite. I am fearful lest anyone should become a hypocrite through disobeying me. 2. I supplicate agonisingly on your behalf. 3. Owing to my illness I am not able to go into prostration during S al a t , yet, for your sake, I have prayed long and earnestly for you while in prostration. Therefore, in acknowledgement of your obligation to me, give up all discord and dissension. " 98 At the end of the Annual Conference he sent for the Presidents and office bearers of the branches and told them: "I have sent for you as I had been annoyed that last year you had not met me, and