upon you. Verily, God enjoineth justice and the doing of good, and gifts to kindred; and He forbiddeth wickedness, and wrong, and oppression. He warneth you that haply ye may be mindful.[1]
"O ye people, remember the great and exalted God. He will also remember you. He will answer your prayers. The remembrance of God is great, and good, and honourable, and noble, and meritorious, and worthy, and sublime."
The preacher then descends, and taking up his position as Imám, facing the Mihráb,[2] conducts two rakʾat prayers. The Khatíb, however, does not always officiate as Imám.
In the above Khutbah we have inserted the petition usually offered up in behalf of "the king" in India, although it does not occur in the collection of sermons from which we have translated. Until the Mutiny of 1857,
