Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 24, 2011 13:27
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Arabic term
خطب
Arabic to English
Social Sciences
History
وقد خطب في بلاده للحاكم العبيدي , ثم ترك , وأعاد الخطبة العباسية
في يوم الجمعة الرابع من المحرم منها خطب بالموصل للحاكم العبيدي عن أمر صاحبها قرواش بن مقلد أبي منيع وذلك لقهره رعيت
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | gave a sermon |
Shabbir Limbada
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| 4 | pronounced a speech |
Richard Vranch
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| 4 | Gave the khutba |
Lamis Maalouf
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Change log
May 31, 2011 15:10: Shabbir Limbada Created KOG entry
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Shabbir Limbada
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
accurate,proficient,experience since1975
Native in: Urdu 
, English (Variant: British)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to Urdu, and 5 more.
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gave a sermon
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Comment: "Agree, thanks"
4 mins
Richard Vranch
Native in English
Legal Translator MCIL
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Arabic to English
pronounced a speech
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24 mins
Lamis Maalouf
United States
United States
Native in Arabic
United States
D.D.S, Education plus experience
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
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Gave the khutba
Though Mr. Vranch's answer is right, but it seems that it is preferred to transliterate when it comes to pure Islamic terms.
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=3840&CATE=112
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http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=3840&CATE=112
You can find thousands of examples like this on the internet.
Discussion
وقد خطب في بلاده ثم ترك وأعاد الخطبة
Since we don't have the whole context, the only way to know if a standard third person singular verb is passive is from the marks and there was none.
هذه الجملة مأخوذة من كتاب البداية و النهاية أين العربية المستعملة صعبة المعنى في كثير من الأحيان