Siyar al-mutaʾakhkhirin 17.3.15

17.3.15

and you, sister, wholly taken up with a quarrel of your own making, do not mind all the uneasiness you give him. To all this my blessed mother continued to pay no attention, seemingly intent only on asking and obtaining leave to be gone ; upon which the good natured man arose from his Mesned, and went up to her. Well then, said he, I am guilty ! I am guilty ! And now I come to your feet to obtain my pardon. These words overpowered my blessed mother ; her sensibility broke forth into a flood of tears, and she poured a torrent of blessings upon him. She got up, uttered a fervent prayer that God Almighty might prolong his days, and his power, and she promised to remain.