Truth About the Split — Page 327
327 The Holy Quran makes it imperative for a Muslim to believe in God, His angels, His books, His Prophets and the Last Day. The view expressed by Maulawi Muhammad Ali, therefore, must be his own. It could not possibly have been dictated or approved by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , whose belief was expressed in the Badr of 9th March 1911 in the following words: "Belief in the formula La Ilaha Illallah includes belief in all the Messengers of God. . . Belief in Adam as , in Abraham as , in Moses as , in Jesus as is included in this very formula of La Ilaha Illallah , even though these Prophets have not been expressly mentioned in it. Acceptance of the Holy Quran, belief in Muhammad sa the Seal of the Prophets, belief in the Last Day as all Muslims know, are included in this same formula. " In view of this declaration by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , himself, and in view of the fact that a contrary position is palpably wrong, who is there who can say that this article by Maulawi Muhammad Ali was approved by Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra or was based on notes dictated by him. (2) Further internal evidence in this connection is that in this article Maulawi Muhammad Ali has blundered in the interpretation of a verse of the Holy Quran, so egregiously as to contradict not only all