Truth About the Split — Page 32
32 against us, will not venture to deny this statement. The case of the followers of the first Messiah was far otherwise. They did not accept him to be the "Son of God" in the same sense in which that title was claimed by that teacher. There is, therefore, no point of resemblance between ourselves and them. We may indeed be compared to that group of men who were among the true followers of the first Messiah, whose praise has been mentioned in the Holy Quran. The misguided followers of the first Messiah may of course be compared to that section of men who believe the Promised Messiah as to be a Prophet with a new Law. What, however, is extremely surprising to us is to see that in spite of all these facts, this last named part seems to be in special favour with Maulawi Muhammad Ali and his friends. A common antagonism towards me seems to have served as a bond of union between them. Muhammad Zahiruddin was made a member of the advisory committee, which was formed at Lahore after the death of Khalifatul Masih I ra. (vide the Paigham-e-Sulh of 24th March, 1914) and his articles against me found a place in Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s magazine called the Al-Mahdi. They have since continued to have frequent interviews and Muhammad Zahiruddin