Muntakhab al-tawarikh 111.2

111.2

At last, joining himself to a band of famous sages and great saints he became one of the greatest sages of the age, and placing his hand in the hand of Miyan Shaikh ‘Abdu-l-Baqi-yi Cishti of Badaon (may God give rest to his soul!) he became his disciple, and received instruction from him in the mystic worship of the Sufis. Subsequently he attended upon Shaikh Safi of Khairabad (may God sanctify his honoured tomb!) and others, and, employing himself in austerities and in striving after holiness, attained perfection. He acquired the blessing of knowledge from most of the noted masters of his time especially from Miyan Shaikh Ladan of Dihli and from Mir Sayyid Jalal of Badaon, and after the death of the latter, whose sins are forgiven, he became his successor and taught and imparted instruction for many years in Badaon, and many well-known sages, who have become famous, sat at his feet. People from the surrounding country and from the utmost parts of (other) countries by waiting upon him attain eternal felicity. Latterly the mysterious attraction of God has overpowered him, and he appears at meetings for ecstatic singing and dancing, and from the excessive influence of his longing and desire after God he utters soul-melting cries and heart-searing shrieks and falls a-trembling, and advances some paces, though there be at the time no ecstatic dance in progress, and crying out, at the same time, the la haul he returns to his place and remains standing there.