Nubuwwat & Khilafat Prophethood & its Successorship — Page 56
N UBUWWAT AND K HIL A FAT 56 of the presiding officer, made this undesirable decision. Thus, Maulav i Sher ‘Al i ra was deprived of this good deed and the injunction of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra was disobeyed and dishonoured. Inna lill a hi wa inna ilaihi raji’un 20. The following members could not tolerate the insult done to the directive of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra. Thinking that they might be considered responsible for this violation, the following members walked out: …Maulav i Muhammad ‘Al i , Sheikh Ra h matull a h, Mirz a Ya‘q u b Baig, Dr. Sayyed Muhammad A h san ( Paigh a m-e- S ul h , April 12, 1914) The above statements of Paigh a m-e- S ul h show an intriguing contradiction. On the one hand they regard the Anjuman to be above the pledge of allegiance to the khal i fah and regard its decisions as final. But on the other hand, when they find the decisions of the Anjuman unacceptable they criticise it and walk out of its meeting. III Third Position Taken by the Ahmadiyyah Anjuman-e-Ish a ‘at-e-Islam When someone denies a truth, he has to deny many other truths. This is what happened to the Ahmadiyyah Anjuman-e- Ish a ‘at-e-Islam. • After the demise of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , they rejected the truthful Islamic khil a fat in the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at. 20. Meaning: To Allah we belong and to Him shall we return.