[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 89 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 89: VI. Shaikh Fahimu-ddin. Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 89 - **Language:** English ### [89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.89) He was an old man in whom shone the Divine Light, ascetic in his habits, having complete trust in God, and uncontrollable religious enthusiasm. He lived a retired and solitary life, keeping the door of ingress and egress shut to himself. Every Friday again to his door and would sit in silence, nor would this slighting treatment produce on the clear mirror of his heart which reflected the hidden knowledge of God, the rust of resentment. He would thus sit until the person to whom the intercession was to be made fell, shamed and remorseful, at his feet, and promptly and obediently fulfilled the desire of the beggar. One day the Shaikh was present at a meeting of the mystics engaged in ecstatic songs and dances, as their custom is, held by that prince of holy men Shaikh Nizam-i-Auliya, (may God sanctify his most pure tomb!), when a wretched maniac, uttering a yell, seized the Shaikh by the knees, and, lifting him up, turned him heels over head on the floor, so that his turban was disarranged, and he was hurt, but in outward appearance he was in no way disturbed. At the time this act of the maniac was attributed to religious ecstasy and he was held to be excused, but the demented fool repeated his abominable trick on a subsequent occasion, when the magistrate of the city proposed to recall his scattered senses by means of a severe caution, a beating, and threats of what would happen to him in the future. The Shaikh made much intercession for him, and, kissing his hands and feet, kept him under his own protection, and did not suffer them to molest him in any way. In exoteric knowledge he was perfect himself, and used to perfect others, and he used to instruct his pupils in the expounding of the ‘Arā’is, and of the ‘Awārif, and of the Fuṣūṣu-’l-Ḥikam and its commentary. He was also the author of some well-known works, among them being the Risāla-yi-‘Ainiyyah written as a reply to the Ghaniyyah of Shaikh Mān of Pānīpat. Many obscure questions relating to the unity of essence are therein treated of, in accordance with the interpretation of perfect knowers of God. At the time of the Khan-i-Khanan’s disgrace, and also for some years afterwards, I studied under that master of perfection, and listened to the recital of several books and treatises on mysticism and digested their contents — praise be to God. In the year H. 975 (A.D. 1567-68) the falcon of his soul winged its flight to the pinnacle of eternity, and the words “the pole-star of the path is gone,” were found to give the date of his death. He always wrote himself in his treatises, writings, and letters “the worthless atom,” and it was found that the words “the worthless atom” also gave the date of his death. - [Previous: 88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.88) - [Next: 90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.90) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.89) · Pramāṇa