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Best Commencement or Opening Lines For Speech in English

After hours of preparation, the time has finally come to deliver your speech in front of audience. Your opening is by far the most important moment in your performance. To be confident, enthusiastic and reduce your anxiety, you should commence your speech by praising the Lord. Other than that, there are various ways to start a speech in English. For that purpose, we have written this article that contains a list of 5 best commencement or opening lines for speech in English which will make your speech more dynamic.

Best Commencement or Opening Lines For Speech in English

1. To start with the greatest name of Almighty Allah. Most gracious and merciful, whose bounties are unbounded, whose benevolence is everlasting, whose blessings are uncountable, whose being is eternal, whose mercy is unlimited, whose provisions are un-ending, and whose Love is our life, whose worship is our faith. A warm good afternoon/evening/morning to all of you present here. My name is______________, and I am going to be speaking to you today about______.

2. To start with the greatest name of Almighty Allah.
Who created the universe, the sun, the moon.
Who runs the rivers, lakes, and who runs the clouds full of rain.
We should be so proud, when we shout it to him out loud.
Who sparkles stars in the sky.
O Allah! You helped us to pray five times.
We ask you to protect us against the evils and crimes.

Hello and good evening/afternoon/morning everyone, today I am here to share my views about______.

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3. O Allah the Almighty protect me and guide me to your love and mercy. Ya Allah don’t deprive me from beholding your beauty, O my Lord accept this please. There is nothing in my heart except Allah. Ladies and gentlemen, well come to the auspicious gathering my today’s agenda is to talk about______.

4. The sparkle of fire is the witness of your worth, the silent flounce of the water is witness of your softness. The rising of the sun in east and the sunset in the west is the witness of your rhythm, rhythmical movement of the moon is the witness of your perfection. My words, my soul are the witness of oneness of glory Allah whose glorification cannot be described in words. Hello and good evening/morning/afternoon ladies and gentleman, today the agenda which is before the house is about_______.

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5. Allah, with Him is the knowledge of the Hour, He sends down the rain, and knows that which is in the wombs. No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows in what land he will die. The knower of the unseen is Allah these are the keys of the unseen, whose knowledge Allah alone has kept for himself and no one else knows them unless Allah tells him about them. The knowledge of when the Hour will occur is not known to any Prophet who was sent or any angel who is close to Allah. Good morning/evening/afternoon to all of you present over here, today I am here share my views about______.

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Wrapping Up

Hope the commencement lines above help you to make a good first impression in your speech or presentation. Remember that you have to make a good first impression. After all, the first impression makes your image in mind of audience. 

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17 comments

Wais shuja September 27, 2016 at 8:18 pm

thanks from the whole of you.

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Jalali September 27, 2016 at 10:14 pm

Welcome dear Wais Shuja.

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Neha Noor November 28, 2016 at 6:17 pm

thanks for best commencement….

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Jalali November 28, 2016 at 6:36 pm

You are welcome dear Neha.

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Msm April 26, 2017 at 2:03 pm

Assalam o Alikum

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Anwar November 1, 2017 at 8:53 pm

Dear author I Would like to thank for sharing this splendid knowledege with us
P.S.My English sucks so I request you to share more websites like this in comment section

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Nausheen April 23, 2018 at 9:28 am

Masha Allah ….. Jazakillah

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Sa Ka July 8, 2018 at 7:12 am

thanks! I’m gonna be using the first one in my opening speech for my final-term test in Public Speaking class! hahaha 😀

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BISMO July 8, 2018 at 9:54 am

Best of luck.

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Rabeel September 28, 2018 at 9:51 pm

Good job Bismo

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BISMO September 29, 2018 at 10:00 pm

Thank you, Mr. Rabeel.

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Nargis December 3, 2018 at 11:37 am

thank you very much for helping.

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BISMO December 3, 2018 at 11:48 am

You are Welcome Ms. Nargis.

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Nargis December 3, 2018 at 11:40 am

thank you very much for help.

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Saulawa, A.A June 30, 2021 at 9:09 am

Thank you so much for this insightful, thrilling and educative piece!

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Isha October 29, 2021 at 3:43 am

Thank you ❣️❣️ I am having a hestitation to do an inaguration meeting with my seniour and juniours in my college this commencement is so helpful for me thank for sharing it with us.

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Scribd Downloader online August 27, 2024 at 9:01 pm

I really enjoyed this post! The opening lines you shared are not only engaging but also serve as great conversation starters. They’ll definitely help in making speeches more memorable. Thanks for the helpful tips!

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