Fazl-e-Umar

Fazle Umar
extraordinarily successful. He presented the commentary of the second Ruku of Surah
Luqman. The speech being full of new insights and subtle points became the talk of
the town. Fingers began to be raised in surprise and amazement that this youngster
had excelled great scholars when expanding the hidden meanings of the Holy Qur’an!
Hence, this speech was published in the ‘Al-Badr’ magazine, published from Qadian,
and its study leaves one spiritually gratified. Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud
Ahmad [ra] describes his own condition during the speech:
“The first speech that I made in a public gathering – was after reading this
paragraph of the Holy Qur’an in this very Mosque…My knowledge has greatly
increased since then and my thoughts and ideas have changed, but even now I
become amazed when I read this speech. How did those ideas come out of my
mouth? And if I spoke those words now, I would think they were explained to
me through the special Grace of God. Because of my youth and speaking for
the first time in an important assembly, my nerves were so badly affected that
I could not make out people’s faces, it seemed dusky and gloomy. And I did not
know what I was saying. I only realised what I had said when I later read the
speech in the newspaper. This Ruku served as a seed in helping me preach Islam
and I benefited from it very much.” 35
One can get some idea of the state of the listeners on this occasion from an important
companion of the Promised Messiah [as], who was also a skilful poet, Hadhrat
Qazi Muhammad Zuhoor Uddin Aqmal sahib [ra] in these words:
“The shining star of the minaret of prophethood, the glittering gem of the summit
of apostleship, Mahmud in the protection of the Loving God, stood to speak on
idolatry. I listened to his speech with rapt attention. I am lost for words! It was
a flood of eloquence that was flowing with full force. Definitely, to possess these
mature ideas at such a young age is no less than a miracle. In my opinion this
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