Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 97
KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 97 People merely curse verbally. Whenever they want to curse someone they say, “Curse be upon you”. However, when Allah curses someone, then for him there is no helper. Look at the Jews. Allah, the Almighty cursed them, and how disgraceful is their condition. Despite the fact that they have great wealth and property, various nations rise in different periods of time and continuously disgrace and debase them. The same is the case with dissentients. At the time when I accepted Bai‘at , there were about two thousand persons gathered in Qadian, and all of them took my Bai‘at except fifty to sixty people. Nevertheless, Paigh a m-e- S ul h wrote: “About half of the Jam a ‘at members present, did not take the Bai‘at and left the mosque lamenting. ” 21 Then, the same paper, Paigh a m-e- S ul h , declared about me: “So far, hardly a twentieth of the community has accepted him as Khalifah. ” 22 In their opinion, five percent of people were with us and ninety five percent were with them. However, now the situation is entirely different, as they have written repeatedly that the majority of the Jam a ‘at is with Khilafat. Actually, they have now reversed the 21 Paigh a m-e- S ul h , Lahore, March 22, 1914. 22 Paigh a m-e- S ul h , Lahore, May 5, 1914.