Truth About the Split — Page 40
40 in this, that the latter while altering the meaning of the words 'God' and 'son of God' remained faithful to their Master attributing to him through excess of love a rank higher than was really his due; but the author of The Split and his friends, out of excessive hostility, would only attribute to their Master a rank much lower than he actually occupied. But the truth is that it rested neither with the one nor with the other to elevate or depreciate the rank of their respective Masters. Two Further Testimonies Dwelling on the subject of this analogy, I wish here to quote two further testimonies. One is a testimony from the author of The Split himself and the other is a testimony from the Christian Gospels. Both prove the similarity between Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s party and the mistaken followers of Jesus as. As for the first, it may be remembered that in December, 1909, there was held at Lahore, a public meeting at the instance of Ahmadis at Lahore, with a view to refuting some of the charges brought against Islam by a certain Christian preacher. At that meeting the present writer as well as Maulawi Muhammad Ali and Khwaja Kamaluddin had each to deliver a lecture. Maulawi Muhammad Ali was to speak on "The