Truth About the Split — Page 284
284 Therefore, without letting the public know the real arrangements, he announced that in the course of the tour he had come to realise the importance of the need of preaching Islam in England, and that for this purpose he was going to give up his large legal practice and was starting for England to proclaim the word of Allah. The truth of the matter was known only to a few. No sooner, however, was the announcement made than from all sides arose a chorus of praise and admiration for the great sacrifice Khwaja Sahib was going to make and even in his lifetime Khwaja Sahib began to be regarded as a kind of religious martyr. Nor was Khwaja Sahib content with spreading only oral reports. He caused an announcement to be published in the Zami ń dar saying: "It has been said that some rich Seth (merchant) or Anjuman or some non-Ahmadi nobleman is sending me to England. The report is entirely unfounded. I am going after relinquishing my practice for the sake of proclaiming the word of God. " In phrasing this announcement, care was taken to qualify the word 'nobleman' by the word 'non-Ahmadi' and technically the announcement had been made secure against all attack. It was not a Seth nor an Anjuman nor a non-Ahmadi nobleman who was sending him to England. It was an Ahmadi