Truth About the Split — Page 62
62 After this statement of my convictions, I wish next to make certain observations on the account of the course of events which, according to Maulawi Muhammad Ali, led up to the split in the Ahmadiyya Movement. I hope, to make clear to every fair minded reader, who will care to weigh the facts without bias or prejudice, how Maulawi Muhammad Ali in his narration of the events has intentionally departed from truth and dispensed with the fear of God. For it is possible that a wrong exposition of doctrine, or a wrong use of argument may be attributed to some misunderstanding on the part of the writer, but what if we find him perverting not one or two but a long series of events to suit a premeditated purpose? In the latter case we are constrained to attribute the action to a conscious design of deceiving the unwary reader. Eleven Misstatements in Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s account of Dissensions Maulawi Muhammad Ali 3 has related the story as follows: (1) The first man who promulgated belief in 3 For a long time I have shown every deference to Maulawi Muhammad Ali and refrained from making any imputation regarding his motives. But moderation on my part has only resulted in increasing the harshness of his tone and making him forget the necessity of being mindful of the feelings of others. I therefore think that now the time has come to expose his real character before the people and to show how he has been designedly trying