The Victory of Islam — Page 61
FOOTNOTE FROM PAGE 15¹ ✩ At this juncture, this peculiar incident is noteworthy, that one time I had the occasion to go to Aligarh and, due to men- tal fatigue-a bout of which I had suffered sometime earlier in Qadian as well-I was unable to engage in prolonged conversa- tion or perform any task requiring mental exertion. Even now my condition remains the same as I do not have the strength to speak excessively or think and deliberate beyond a certain extent. In this condition, a maulawi of Aligarh-Muhammad Ismail by name-met me and, with the utmost humility, he requested me to deliver a sermon, saying that people had been eager to see me for a long time and it would be better if they gathered in one house while I delivered a sermon. Since I have always had this very pas- sion and heartfelt desire to elucidate verities to people-I ear- nestly accepted this request and intended to explain the essence of 1. In the original Urdu edition of Fath-e-Islām, the Promised Messiahas presented this footnote along with the main text on page 15. For the ease of readers, it has been be presented here as an endnote. [Publisher]