Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 18
N UBUWWAT AND K HIL A FAT 18 anyone who treats such a true claimant as a liar is a great liar. (Court Proceedings, p. 362) Speech of Khw a j a Kam a l-ud-D i n 15) Al- H akam dated May 14, 1911 reports: The Bat a lv i , in his essay in Paisa Newspaper says that Khw a j a Sahib has repudiated that the Promised Messiah as is a Nab i or a Ras u l. But the Bat a lv i will be mortified to learn that within his home Bat a la, Khw a j a Sahib stated clearly in his lecture that, “In your neigh- bourhood has appeared a Nab i and Ras u l. It is up to you to believe in him or not. ” 16) In the case of Maulav i Karam D i n of Bhai ñ [District Jehlum], acting as attorneys, Khw a j a Kam a l-ud-D i n and Maulav i Muhammad ‘Al i , submitted the following statement under the signature of the Promised Messiah as : There is another view of the matter according to Mo h amedan theology. One who belies a person claiming to be a Prophet is a kadhdh a b [great liar] and this has been admitted by prosecution evidence. Now the complainant knew perfectly well that the first accused claimed that position and, notwithstanding that, he belied the accused. Consequently in religious terminology the complainant was a kadhdh a b. (Proceedings Gurdaspur Court, p. 194)