Truth About the Split — Page 319
319 restore the effect of the anonymous tracts and to destroy the effect of the replies, although, as a matter of fact, the replies had been published under the direction of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra and after having been shown to him and after corrections had been made by him. As a matter of fact, the last time the manuscripts of the replies were shown to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra and permission was sought for making them over to the press, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra wrote as follows: "Publish them in all sincerity. I shall pray, and you too must not cease to pray that the wicked may receive understanding of the consequences of their act. —Nuruddin. " This note is still with me. It is not surprising that whereas Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra promises to pray that these replies might prove effective, and in case the author of Izharul Haq does not desist, he utters an imprecation against him. the Paigham-e-Sulh was so blinded by opposition to the truth that it represented Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra as being displeased by the replies issued by the Ansarullah? The fact was that the Paigham-e-Sulh wanted to promote opinion in favour of the Izharul Haq tracts, and to produce prejudice against the replies. But its effort was defeated. For, on the 15th January 1914, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra published an announcement to the following effect: