Truth About the Split

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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Truth About the Split — Page 288

288 their size was that of the partridge. I interpreted this as signifying that although I might not visit the country personally, my writings would find circulation among its people, and many a right minded Englishman would accept the truth of Islam. " ( Iz a la ’ -e-Auh a m Vol. 2) It is obvious from this account that the vision was not fulfilled at the hands of Khwaja Sahib, for while the vision indicated that it was the Promised Messiah as who caught those birds, the converts won through the activities of Khwaja Sahib had no connection whatsoever with the Promised Messiah as. The view of Islam presented by Khwaja Sahib to these new converts was the same as was owned by the bitterest opponents of the Promised Messiah as like Maulawi Muhammad Husain of Batala and Maulawi Sanaullah of Amritsar. Though the vision had nothing to do with the work that Khwaja Sahib was doing, a fact made more and more evident by-subsequent events—yet to win the support of Ahmadis Khwaja Sahib persisted in giving wide publicity to the vision and its fulfilment at his hands. This publicity, however, was strictly confined to the Ahmadiyya Community. Among non-Ahmadis it was announced that this propaganda was being carried on behalf of the broad