My Mother — Page 42
42 in the midst of a wide plain, and it appeared they awaited some important event. In a short while, a bright light issued from the ground in the shape of an enormous electric lamp, and began to ascend slowly heavenwards, as if it was being propelled from below by some machinery. As soon as this light appeared, most people turned towards it and began to advance in its direction so as to view it at close quarters. also went forward towards it and called out to my father to come quickly and view the light while it was still near the ground, for when it rose higher its view would not afford the same degree of delight. He too began to step forward quickly towards the light, which continued to ascend steadily till it reached the sky and lit up the whole wide plain brightly. noticed a group of people wearing overcoats and Turkish caps standing at some distance at the bank of a canal, pay- ing no attention to the light. asked her husband what were those people doing and why did they not watch the soul- stirring spectacle of the light. He said they were busy watching the flow of the water in the canal. On the death of Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih I, a small minor- ity of the members of the Movement held out against swearing allegiance to Hazrat Sahibzadah Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmood Ahmad in his capacity of Khalifatul-Masih. My father wrote to me that the matter was one of faith on which I should seek Divine guidance through earnest supplication, and come to my own deci- sion. wrote that she had sworn allegiance to Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih II, and urged me to do the same immediately. Khawaja Kamaluddin, a leading member of the Movement, had arrived in England in the autumn of 1912, and had from time