تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 12.2.2

12.2.2

وأعلم أن بعض مآثره من ذلك لا يسع في عقل كثير من الناس ويعدونه من قبيل المستحيل عادة ولاكن شيئا عاينته وعرفته صحته وأخذت بحظ وافر منه لا يسعني الا قول الحق فيه، وأكثر ذلك ثابت بالتواتر في بلاد المشرق.

I know that some of his noble deeds of this kind will not fit into the minds of many people, and they will count them as belonging to what is ordinarily impossible; but in a matter I have seen with my own eyes, whose truth I have known, and of which I have received an ample share, I can only speak the truth. Most of it is, moreover, established by widespread report in the lands of the East.