[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Travel and sea narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla) › [تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) › 13.41.1 # تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.41.1 تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار 13.41.1 - **Language:** Arabic ### [13.41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.41.1) ولما كان بعد مدة انقبضت عن الخدمة ولازمت الشيخ الإمام العالم العابد الزاهد الخاشع الورع فريد الدهر ووحيد العصر كمال الدين عبد الله الغاري وكان من الأولياء، وله كرامات قد ذكرت منها ما شاهدته عند ذكر اسمه ، وانقطعت إلى خدمة هذا الشيخ ووهبت ما عندي للفقراء والمساكين! وكان الشيخ يواصل عشرة أيام وربما واصل عشرين، فكنت أحب أن أواصل فكان ينهاني ويأمرني بالرفق على نفسي في العبادة ويقول لي: إن المنبت لا أرضا قطع ولا ظهرا أبقى، (135) وظهر لي من نفسي تكاسل بسبب شيء بقى معي، فخرجت عن جميع ما عندي من قليل وكثير وأعطيت ثياب ظهري لفقير ولبست ثيابه، ولزمت هذا الشيخ خمسة أشهر والسلطان اذ ذاك غائب ببلاد السند. > Some time later I withdrew from the sultan’s service and attached myself to the learned and pious imam Kamal ad-Din “The Cave Man,” as I have already related. The sultan was in Sind at the time, and at hearing of my retreat from the world summoned me. I entered his presence dressed as a mendicant, and he spoke to me very kindly, desiring me to return to his service. I refused and asked him for permission to travel to Mecca, which he granted. This was at the end of second Jumada 742 \[early December 1341\]. Forty days later the sultan sent me saddled horses, slave girls and boys, robes and a sum of money, so I put on the robes and went to him. I had a tunic of blue cotton which I wore during my retreat, and as I put it off and dressed in the sultan’s robes I upbraided myself. Ever after when I looked at that tunic I felt a light within me, and it remained in my possession until the infidels despoiled me of it on the sea. When I presented myself before the sultan, he showed me greater favour than before, and said to me “ I have sent for you to go as my ambassador to the king of China, for I know your love of travel.” He then provided me with everything I required and appointed certain other persons to accompany me, as I shall relate presently. > — H. A. R. Gibb 1929, Travels in Asia and Africa 1325–1354 - [Previous: 13.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.40.4) - [Next: 13.42.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.42.1) - [Up: 13.41](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.41) ## Translations (2) - [Travels in Asia and Africa 1325–1354](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-gibb.6.6.9) — H. A. R. Gibb 1929, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.41.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.41.1) · Pramāṇa