(Umm al‑Qura, Issue 1592 — 9 Rabi‘ al‑Thani 1375 / 25 November 1955)
My beloved people,
My noble sons,
The heartfelt sentiments I have witnessed from the people in every place I visit are the very force that inspires and drives all my political efforts—both domestic and foreign.
As for the British aggression against this part of my dear country—your country before it is mine—I will exert every effort and pursue every peaceful political means to avert hardship and to spare even a single drop of blood from any member of my people. If our hope is fulfilled and the British withdraw from my land, then that is what friends expect from one another. But if they persist in their actions, then I shall be the first soldier to go to that region, never withholding myself before your lives. You are of me, and I am of you. Your hopes are my hopes, and your pains are my pains.
We seek no aggression against anyone; rather, we defend our homeland with our own selves and with all the strength God has granted us. I ask God to grant victory to His religion, to exalt His word, and to thwart the schemes of the schemers.
Peace be upon you.