Truth About the Split — Page 273
273 considerable number of the members of the Society are now associated with the party of Maulawi Muhammad Ali and they are in a position to testify that the Society had nothing to do with the question of succession to the Khilafat. The Society was engaged solely in the work of propagation. This fact has already been formally admitted by some former members of the Society, who are now members of Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s party, namely, their lecturers Maulawi Muhammad Husain, alias Marham- e-‘Isa and Maulawi Faqirullah, Superintendent of the office of the Secretary, Anjuman Isha‘at Islam, Lahore. This Society came to secure nearly one hundred and seventy five members and, by the grace of God, it succeeded in removing the prevailing slackness and, in infusing new enthusiasm for the cause of propagation not only among its own members but also among the general body of the Community. Members who had slackened down were roused to activity, while those who were already active increased in their zeal. Curious about the Society Khwaja Sahib also wanted to become a member but the condition of seven day’s special prayers seem to have proved too much for him or perhaps something else stood in his way which at present I cannot recall.