Tadhkirah — Page 458
458 delivered to an audience of about two-hundred. 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 address. Sentence after sentence issued from my mouth, already properly arranged and every sentence was a Sign for me…. This is a literary miracle exhibited by God and no one can match it. [Haq i qatul-Wa hi , pp. 362–363, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 22, pp. 375–376] (C) This is the book a part of which 511 was revealed to me from the Lord of mankind on the day of the ‘ I d 512 which I delivered to the audience extempore speaking under the influence of the R uh ul-Am i n [The Spirit, faithful to the trust] 513. There is no doubt that it is a great Sign. It is not within the power of any human being to deliver such an address extempore. … It is a great bounty of the Divine and it is, as it were, a means of transportation for people to 511 Pages 1–38 of First Edition, starting with [ R u h a n i , Khaz a’ in , vol. 16, p. 31] and ending with [ R u h a n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 16, p. 73]. [Jalal-ud-Din Shams] 512 ‘ I dul-A dha [the festival of Sacrifices] of 1317 AH. , April 11, 1900. [Publishers] 513 Publishers’ Note: Anw a r-ul-Uloom , vol. 7, Page 16: Hadrat Khal i fatul Mas i h II ra says that the Promised Messiah as writes in the beginning of Khutbah Ilhamiyyah book: Meaning that: This sermon has been taught to me by God Almighty by revelation and is a Sign of Almighty God. Khutbah Ilhamiyyah is the book, a part of which descended by revelation. People who live here know that the revealed part goes up to page 38 [of the original book]. The Promised Messiah as was commanded by revelation to deliver the speech in Arabic and that R uh ul-Qudus [Spirit of Holiness] will stand beside him and put words in his mouth. Accordingly, he made that address on ‘ I d day. It consists of the first 38 pages of the book and its last sentence is:. In short this is the sermon that descended from God Almighty by revelation.