[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) › 92.14 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 92.14 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 92.14 - **Language:** English ### [92.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.14) Apropos of this (influence) the Shaikh said that the great companions (of Muhammad), (may God be gratified with them), when they saw that the desert ‘Arabs newly converted to Islam were much affected by hearing the glorious Qur’an read, regretted their own state, and the leader of the faithful, Abu-Bakr, the faithful witness of the truth, (may God be gratified with him), said, “We were like you, but afterwards our hearts became hard,” that is to say, they became firmly fixed and immoveable, so that they were like stones for lack of ability to be softened. Then the Shaikh read some sentences which were quite unfamiliar to my ear, and gave me permission to use the following prayer constantly “O God, I seek protection of Thee against deafness, dumbness, madness, leprosy, and leucoderma.” When I took my leave and came to Lakhnau I made a stay of some days there, and the Shaikh would sometimes send me a piece of salt, which he used generally to hold in his hand and lick when in an assembly, reciting this saying of Muhammad, “Salt is a cure for seventy diseases, except death.” And he would sometimes also send me some uncooked rice, and sometimes an earthenware jar, and other presents, and he received my younger brother, the late Shaikh Muhammad, into the company of his disciples and pupils, and in a short time, being blessed with the holy Shaikh’s regard he acquired angelic qualities and a love for the practice of ascetism. - [Previous: 92.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.13) - [Next: 92.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.15) - [Up: 92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.14) · Pramāṇa