Fazl-e-Umar — Page 57
Fazle Umar 57 felt more intensely by the pupil. In such circumstances the response of most students either manifests itself as hatred for the teacher and also for the subject or such students become disheartened, and fade away from a lack of fervour. Contrary to this, Allah Almighty has blessed certain students with such a nature that this treatment acts like a whip, whereby they courageously take up the challenge to rid themselves of their weaknesses and try to make their abilities more manifest and luminous. It had the latter effect upon Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad sahib [ra] and this was the expectation of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih I [ra]. As a result of this the new heights his speeches and writing had attained can be gauged here, there and everywhere throughout the rest of his life. P U b L IC S P E E C H A F T E R A F O OT b A L L G A M E During the period from early childhood to the death of the Promised Messiah [as] , apart from this training, Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib sometimes had to deliver speeches in public. In 1908, there was a football match between the Ta’limul Islam High School Qadian and the Amritsar Khalsa College in which, by the Grace of Allah, the Ta’limul Islam High School was victorious. Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib [ra] was suddenly approached after the football game to speak at a gathering organised by the Muslims. Prior to this Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib had never made a public speech to an audience that not only included prominent Ahmadis but also some revered guests from the local town. For this reason Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib offered his apologies and said he had not made any preparations. However, upon the wishes of the audience he obliged them with a very impressive speech and presented such new insights that they were amazed to hear words of great wisdom emanate from an adolescent student. In this speech Hadhrat Sahibzada Sahib stated: