Tadhkirah — Page xvii
Foreword to the Third English Edition The second English edition of was published by Additional Wak a lat-e-Ta sni f in 2009. As was pointed out in the second edition, Khutbah Ilhamiyyah is a revealed sermon, but could not be incorporated into the second edition. It has now been included in the present third English Edition under the instructions of Hadrat Khal i fatul- Mas ih V aba. The Promised Messiah as Says: “On the morning of April 11, 1900, the day of ‘ I dul-A dha [the Festival of Sacrifices], I received a revelation: [Urdu] Deliver an address in Arabic today, you have been bestowed the capacity. This was followed by the revelation: That is [Arabic] This address has been made eloquent by God Almighty… Thereupon, I stood up after the ‘ I d Prayer to deliver the address in Arabic. God Almighty knows that the capacity was bestowed upon me from the unseen and the eloquent Arabic address proceeded from my mouth extempore, which was utterly beyond my capacity. … Sub ha nall a h [Holy is Allah]. A fountain was at that time bursting forth from the unseen. I do not know whether it was I who was speaking or an angel speaking with my tongue. I knew only that I had no part in this