[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 غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt) › 13.40 # تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.40 English (machine translation) 13.40 - **Language:** English ### [13.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-lee.16.2.9) — Samuel Lee 1829, English ## Linked texts (1) - [تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.13.40.1) — Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.40](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta~en-mt.13.40) · Pramāṇa