Muntakhab al-tawarikh 106.1

106.1

He was one of the spiritual successors of Miyan Shaikh Da'ud, (may God sanctify his tomb!) In his activity (in traversing the path of righteousness) he surpassed all his contemporaries, and he was one of the most wonderful works of God (be He praised!) In his love for his spiritual guide he was beside himself, and attained to such an intimate relationship with his holy personality that one might say that the two persons were one clear truth expressed in two well turned phrases. Neither the dust of dependent existence nor the soil of potential existence besmirched the skirt of his robe, and at the mere sight of him thoughts of God (may He be honoured and glorified!) cast their rays on each black and thoughtless heart, and the pain of searching after God infected all who saw him. He called no one to his presence with the exception of two or three friends who had been intimate associates of the holy Miyan (may God sanctify his soul and who had their dwelling in Lahor; nor was he solicitous to receive disciples. He always lived in privacy in a dark cell, which was situated in a garden, and at times, when an intense longing for the holy Miyan overcame him he would go on foot in one day from Lahor to Shirgarh, a distance of over forty kuruh, and after merely kissing the Miyan's threshold he would return, without breaking his journey, unable to endure the effulgence of the Miyan's luminous presence.