Truth About the Split — Page 241
241 was the Anjuman. I perceived the hollowness of what he said and thought it best to remain silent. But Dr. Ya‘qub Baig himself went to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra. I too had reached there. No sooner did he come then he submitted to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra saying, "Blessing! All the people have had it explained to them that the Anjuman is the proper successor of the Promised Messiah as. " To this Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra replied, "Which Anjuman? The Anjuman which you think is proper successor of the Promised Messiah as has no status under rules. " It was then that perhaps for the first time the party of Khwaja Sahib realised that the matter was not as easy as they had supposed. Before this, although they had anticipated every possible difficulty and prepared the people, in the event of any opposition from the Khalifa, to meet and overrule him, yet they seemed to entertain the hope that Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra would lend his support to their side, and decide the question in accordance with their views. It was because of this that many members of their party who believed in the goodness of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra used to declare, "Thanks to God, the question has come up for decision during the time of a man as selfless as Khalifatul Masih I ra. Had it come up later, who knows what it would have led to?"