Blessings of Khilafat — Page 133
Second Speech: Objects of Human Life (December 28, 1914) 1 After reciting tashahhud, ta‘awwudh , and S u rah al-F a ti h ah , H u du r ra recited the following verses of the Holy Quran: 2 1 In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful; we praise Him and invoke blessings upon His Noble Messenger. 2 Allah—there is no God but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. Slumber seizes Him not, nor sleep. To Him belongs whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. Who is he that will intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them; and they encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He pleases. His throne extends over the heavens and the earth; and the care of them burdens Him not; and He is the High, the Great. ( S u rah al- Baqarah , 2:256)