Delivered on return
from Siffeen I praise Allah seeking
completion of His Blessing, submitting to His Glory
and expecting safety from committing His sins. I
invoke His help being in need of His Sufficiency (of
protection). He whom He guides does not get astray,
He with whom He is hostile gets no protection. He
whom He supports does not remain needy. Praise is
most weighty of all that is weighed and the most
valuable of all that is treasured. I stand witness that there is
no god but Allah the One. He has no like. My
testimony has been tested in its frankness, and its
essence is our belief. We shall cling to it for ever
till we live and shall store it facing the
tribulations that overtake us because it is the
foundation stone of Belief (iman) and the
first step towards good actions and Divine pleasure.
It is the means to keep Satan away. I also stand witness that
Muhammad (p.b.u.h.) is His slave and His Prophet.
Allah sent him with the illustrious religion,
effective emblem, written Book, effulgent light,
sparkling gleam and decisive injunction in order to
dispel doubts, present clear proofs, administer
warning through signs and to warn of punishments. At
that time people had fallen in vices whereby the
rope of religion had been broken, the pillars of
belief had been shaken, principles had been
sacrileged, system had become topsy turvy, openings
were narrow, passage was dark, guidance was unknown
and darkness prevailed. Allah was being disobeyed,
Satan was given support and Belief had been
forsaken. As a result the pillars of religion fell
down, its traces could not be discerned, its
passages had been destroyed and its streets had
fallen into decay. People obeyed Satan and treaded
his paths. They sought water from his watering
places. Through them Satan's emblems got flying and
his standard was raised in vices which trampled the
people under their hoofs, and treaded upon them with
their feet. The vices stood on their toes and the
people immersed in them were strayed, perplexed,
ignorant and seduced as though in a good house with
bad neighbours. Instead of sleep they had
wakefulness and for antimony they had tears in the
eyes. They were in a land where the learned were in
bridle (with mouths shut) while the ignorant were
honoured. They are the trustees of His
secrets, shelter for His affairs, source of
knowledge about Him, centre of His wisdom, valleys
for His books and mountains of His religion. With
them Allah straightened the bend of religion's back
and removed the trembling of its limbs. They sowed vices, watered
them with deception and harvested destruction. None
in the Islamic community can be taken at par with
the Progeny of the Prophet (S.A.). One who was under
their obligation cannot be matched with them. They
are the foundation of religion and pillar of Belief.
The forward runner has to turn back to them while
the follower has to overtake them. They possess the
chief characteristics for vicegerency. In their
favour exists the will and succession (of the
Prophet). This is the time when right has returned
to its owner and diverted to its centre of return.
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