THE CALL

2. HAZRATJI ~ 74 ~ us who have joined Your cause and answer our prayers.” A DIVINE GIFT The Maulana seemed to be a born speaker, and his unbounded zeal served to burnish this gift. After hearing his speeches, a religious scholar said, “It seemed that he had been endowed with a divine gift and that it was not an acquisition.” It was wisdom, combined with the force with which he expressed himself. In his final days, he sometimes had to speak for eight hours continuously, and it is truly amazing that neither common men nor religious scholars ever found his lengthy speeches tedious. They were all concentration till the end. A large number of them appreciated his discourses to such an extent that they would note down the contents during the speech itself. It was astonishing that the listeners felt as though it were his first speech, as if it were full of pristine vigour and force. An adherent who attended the Maulana on a journey writes: “The Maulana addressed many gatherings for hours together, till his throat swelled with the extreme exertion. The doctors insisted on