Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 67
67 Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra was to recall later that it was the practice of the Promised Messiah as that he would o ffer his Tahajjud prayers in four sets of two rak ‘ ats each, and during each of these two rak’ats , he would recite the Ā yatul Kurs ī in the first rak ‘ at and S ū rah Ikhl as in the second, and during the ruk ū‘ and sajdah, he would repeatedly pray Y ā H ayyu Y ā Qay y ū m bira h matika astagh īth , which means "O, the Ever - living One , the Everlasting One ! With Your mercy, I seek Your help". 45 In 1900, when Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra was nineteen years old, the Promised Messiah as delivered the famous Khutba h Ilhām iyya h ( the Revea led Sermon) on the occasion of Eidul A dh ā. The words of this exceptional sermon were revealed by God. The Promised Messiah as went into a state of trance and the words of this sermon began to pour down from on high. Ḥuḍūr would merely utter the words as the y came to him. Later, Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ismail ra memorized this entire sermon, and had the honour of reading it out from memory in the presence of the Promised Messiah as. 46 Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra stood by his Oath of Bai ‘ at - the Oath of Allegiance - till his last breath. After the demise of the Messiah as , he reaffirmed his allegiance to Ḥaḍrat Khalīfatul - Masīḥ I ra , and subsequently, to Ḥaḍrat Khalīfatul - Masīḥ II ra. In 1906, when the Promised Messiah as established the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, he personally appointed Ḥaḍrat Mir Ismail ra as a member of its board of directors. Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib was then, twenty - five years old. Later, Ḥuḍūr as told Ḥaḍrat Ammāñ Jān ra that he had appointed