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157

SERMON 157

About the Holy Prophet and the
Holy Qur'an

Allah deputed the
Prophet at a time when there had been no prophets for some time.
People had been in slumber for a long time and the twist of the
rope had loosened. The Prophet came with (a Book containing)
testification to what (books) were already there and also with a
light to be followed. It is the Qur'an. If you ask it to speak it
won't do so; but I will tell you about it. Know that it contains
knowledge of what is to come about, stories of the past, cure for
your ills and regulation for whatever faces you.

A part of the same
sermon

About the autocracy of
the Umayyads:

At that time there
will remain no house or tent but oppressors would inflict it with
grief and inject sickness in it. On that day no one in the sky
will listen to their excuse and no one on the earth will come to
their help. You selected for the governance (caliphate) one who is
not fit for it, and you raised him to a position which was not
meant for him. Shortly Allah will take revenge from every one who
has oppressed, food for food and drink for drink, namely (they
will be given) colocynth for eating, myrrh and aloes for drinking,
and fear for an inner and the sword for an outer covering.

They are nothing but
carrier-beasts laden with sins and camels laden with evil deeds. I
swear and again swear that the Umayyads will have to spit out the
caliphate as phlegm is spat and thereafter they will never taste
it nor relish its flavour so long as day and night rotate.