تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.40
English (machine translation) 13.40
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13.40.1
The cause of that was that one day I went to visit Shaykh Shihāb al-Dīn, son of Shaykh al-Jām, in the cave he had dug outside Dihlī.
13.40.2
My purpose was to see that cave. When the Sultan seized him, he asked his sons who used to visit him, and they named people, I among them. The Sultan ordered four of his slaves to keep watch over me in the council hall.
13.40.3
His custom was that whenever he did this with someone, that person rarely escaped. The first day of their watch over me was a Friday, and God Most High inspired me to recite His words: "God is sufficient for us, and how excellent a guardian!"
13.40.4
So I recited it that day thirty-three thousand times. I spent the night in the council hall and fasted continuously for five days, completing a recitation of the Qurʾān each day and breaking my fast on water only. Then after five days I broke my fast, fasted continuously another four, and was released after the Shaykh was killed, praise be to God Most High!
Translations (1)
- The Travels of Ibn Batūta — Samuel Lee 1829, English
Linked texts (1)
- تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic