The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 159
Khutbah Ilhamiyyah. THE REVEALED SERMON. On the morning of 11th April, 1900, the day of Eid-ulAdḥā, I received a revelation, 'Today you shall make a speech in Arabic. You are given the power'. This was followed by the revelation: كلامٌ أَفْصِحَتْ مِنْ لَّدُهُ رَبِّ كَرِيم. This means, that the Gracious God has endowed this address with eloquence. The following people were immediately apprised of this revelation: The Late. Maulavi ‘Abdul Karīm Sahib, Maulavī Ḥakīm Nūruddin Sahib, Shaikh Rahmatullāh Sahib, Mufti. Muḥammad Ṣādiq Sahib, Maulavī Muḥammad ‘Alī. Sahib M. A. , Master ‘Abdul Raḥmān Sahib, Master. Sher Ali Sahib B. A. , Hafiz Abdul '‘Alī, and many others. . Accordingly, I stood up after Eid prayer to deliver the. Eid sermon in Arabic. God Almighty knows that the capacity was bestowed upon me from the unseen and the eloquent Arabic address that proceeded extemporarily from my mouth was definitely beyond my power. I cannot imagine that anyone in the world can deliver such a speech, extending over so many pages, with such eloquence and without the help of Divine revelation. This Arabic address, which has been named Khutbah Ilhāmiyyah [The Revealed Sermon], 159