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194 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH damaged its dignity”. He replied, “I have said what is true, now it is your turn to say whatever you like”. He then remained confined to his home, and died after a few days. 35 What great evidence it is that, not to speak of others, even his own son did not agree to the Khilafat of Yazid. He did not do so for some vested interest nor did he oppose it due to the fear of any opposition. He made a decision after serious meditation that Hadrat Ali ra was more entitled than his grandfather, and Hasan ra and Husain ra than his father, and he himself was not ready to take the responsibility. Therefore, appointment of Yazid by Muawiyah ra cannot be called an election. Commentary of the Promised Messiah as on A yat-e-Istikhl a f The third answer for Ahmadis is that the Promised Messiah as , commenting upon this verse has written in Sirrul-Khil a fah that: 36 35 Al-K a mil fit T a r i kh , Vol. 4, p. 130, by ‘Izzuddin Abul Hasan Ali bin Abul Karam Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Abdul Kar i m bin Abdul W ah id Ash-sh i b a n i , known as Ibnil Ath i r, publisher D a ru Sa dir, D a r Beirut, AH 1385, AD 1965. 36 Sirrul-Khil a fah , Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in , by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian as , Vol. 8, p. 334.