مجموعة ٦ / ٨ (١) "سلسلة مطبوعة: ١٩٢٩ إلى ١٩٣٨". [ظ‎‎١‎٦‎٦] (١٠٦٢/٣٣٧)

Enclosure 3 to Serial No. (13).
Summary of the Speech delivered hy His Majesty King c Abdul Aziz ibn Sa’ud at the
banquet given on the 31st March 1033 at the Royal Palace at Mecca.
As nublished in the Mecca Umm-al-Qura No. 434 of the 11th Dhu’l Hijja 1351
1 (April 6, 1933).
The Arab people, His Majesty said, enjoy one great blessing from God in the
teachings of the Prophet, which have descended on them like the fertilizing rain
on the earth and have been the means by which they have spread their influence
over vast territories. All Muslims were indebted to that great Teacher for the
good that they had ; and if they would but adhere to the commands of God, as
given in the Quran and the sacred writings, they would be successful and united,
but if they set aside these commands they would become separated and degraded.
And this, the King went on, is what is happening now; and he drew a picture
of the sad condition of the Muslim world in general and the Arab people in particular
at the present time. Some people imagine, he said, that the only remedy for this
state is for Muslims to adopt European civilisation ; but this was not true, for the
teachings of the Quran guarantee prosperity, unity and happiness to those who
follow them, because they make no differentiation between King and commoner,
save in respect of piety alone.
Nor were foreigners alone to blame for all the calamities which had overtaken
Islam, for amongst Muslims themselves they found some who were misguided and
who were willing to aid them to work against Islam.
“ I am the Herald of Islam ”, the King concluded. He was an Arab Muslim who
served Islam and who worked for the spread of Islam and for Muslim unity ; and
he was prepared to sacrifice himself and his family in the defence of Islam. He
did not aim to be a chief of earth ; of greatest importance to him was to make
God’s word supreme, and in pursuit of this he cared for no difficulties. Many
had opposed him since he first put forward this aim but had been vanquished.
What did they want of him ? His actions were clear ; he followed the Way.
It had been said that he claimed to be Khalif over all Islam. He made no s;ach
claim. A Khalif must enforce the commands of the Islamic religion over the whole
world of Islam, and this was possible in the time of the Khalifat ; but was there a
man who could so do at the present time ? It was clearly impossible and all he
himself desired was unity and co-operation among Muslims.
Behind him were more than 400,000 warriors ; if he wept they wept; if he re
joiced they rejoiced and if he ecommanded they obeyed his commands. These
were the Troops of Unity, the brethren of all who obeyed God, ready to fight for
God and expecting nothing from it except to satisfy God ; and this was the force
destined to confirm the Religious Law and Islam throughout the territories over
which he ruled.
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Endorsement by the Foreign and Political Department, No. F. 47-N/33,
DATED THE 27TH May 1933.
A copy of the ubderrnentioned paper is forwarded to the Hon’ble the Poli
tical Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, for information
Arabia Series of 1933 [Serial Nos. (1) to (12)].
(IS)
Endorsement by the Foreign and and Political Department, No. F. 47-N/33,
DATED THE 27TH May 1933.
.. A copy of the undermentioned paper is forwarded to the (1) Department of
Education, Health and Lands and (2) Army Department (G. S. Branch), for infor
Arabia Series of 1933 [Serial Nos, (1) to (12)].