[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) › 92.15 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 92.15 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 92.15 - **Language:** English ### [92.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.15) He generally observed the continued fast, and spent his time in reading the glorious Qur’an, in reciting God’s praises, in exorcism, and in works of supererogation, so that not one hour of his precious life was wasted, or was passed in idleness, as mine has been. “In respect of rose-water and the rose the decree of fate from time without beginning has been this, “That the former is a courtesan of the market place, and the latter a chaste and curtained dame.” And at that time he left the world, and it is certain that, preserving his faith intact, he retired to the garden of Rizwan. The venerable age of the holy Shaikh extended to more than eighty years, and even at that great age he begat children, and his departure from this abode of decay took place in the year H. 979 (A.D. 1571-72). - [Previous: 92.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.14) - [Next: 93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.93) - [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.92.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.92.15) · Pramāṇa