Stories from Early Ahmadiyyat — Page 22
22 printed in his book Aa’eenah-e-Kamaalaat-e-Islam [ The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam ]. This chapter was a challenge to those who put forward those charges. Then, on the day of Eid-ul-Azhaa in 1900, the Promised Messiah as announced that God had com- manded him to deliver the sermon in Arabic, and that He had granted him the capacity to do so. The Eid prayer was led by Maulawi Abdul Karim ra. After the Prayer, the Promised Messiah as delivered a short sermon in Urdu. He then asked Hazrat Maulana Noor-ud-Din ra and Hazrat Maulawi Abdul Karim ra to sit near him and directed: ‘Whatever I am going to say now is Divinely inspired, take note of it carefully so that it may be safe- guarded, for later, I myself may not be able to recall what I say now. ’ Then, he began his speech in Arabic. His eyes were half-closed as if he was in a trance, and his blessed face appeared to glow with Divine light. His forehead radi- ated bright rays of light that dazzled the eyes of those who looked at it. The delivery of the sermon occupied more than one hour. When he had finished speaking, the audience requested that it should be translated into Urdu, so the Urdu version of this miraculous sermon was given by Maulawi Abdul Karim ra. While this was being done, Hazrat Ahmad as, overtaken by gratitude towards God for the great bounty He had bestowed on him, went