Muntakhab al-tawarikh 154.1

154.1

He has taken Haqqī as his poetical name. He is a compendium of perfect qualities and a source of excellence. He gives instruction in all branches of knowledge, both in those in which the reasoning faculty is called into play and in those which depend on the memory. He has attained a high degree in Sūfīism, and among his works are the History of Madīnah, the Lam‘āt, and a book on the modern Shaikhs of India the date of the writing of which is given by the words Zikru-’l-Auliyā. From his earliest youth he has sought eagerly after God, but on account of his long-standing friendship with them he was for some time the companion, in Fathpūr, of Shaikh Faizi and Mirzā Nizāmu-d-dīn Ahmad, and by means of them I also had the honour of being permitted to wait on him and continually enjoyed the advantages of his society. When a change came over the spirit of the time and the men of the time, all of whom are corrupters of what is good and compounded of the abominations of their own natures, and it was no longer safe to trust the dispositions of one’s friends, the companionship of such a one and such a one became disagreeable to him, and, the grace of God influencing him, he was impelled to journey to the most noble Ka'bah, and he left Dihli for Gujarat, in the condition of one who is mysteriously attracted by God, and cut off from all worldly concerns.