Truth About the Split — Page 353
353 bitterness, nobody has pronounced the other party to be kuffar and deserving of the punishment of death. It appears however that Maulawi Muhammad Ali and his party have a strong desire to win the glory of such a pronouncement, that not so long ago they caught hold of a reporter’s mistake in the Tashhidhul Adhhan , and, in spite of an authoritative repudiation, persisted in the attitude of persecuted virtue to advertise their sufferings to the world. In short, when I read the tract, I was filled with wonder. I could see the trouble that was coming. I had little doubt now that Maulawi Muhammad Ali would not be satisfied with anything less than a split in the Community. In such a predicament, what course was open to a believer but to fall down in supplication before the Lord and pray for His assistance. This was then the course which I followed. I prayed. There were others in the same room with me. I roused them from their beds and told them of the tract, and asked them to pray to God. We all prayed and fasted, as did most Ahmadis of Qadian who agreed with me in their views.