The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 566
AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF MY HELPERS 565 greater than Mount Radwa [a mountain near Madinah]. Only for the sake of Allah he abandoned all his relations and only in Allah's Word did he find his true happiness. I observed that generosity was his habit, knowledge was his primary objective, humility was an integral part of his character, and trust in God was his food. I have never seen such a great scholar in the whole world, nor have I seen such a dervish among wealthy people. Moreover, I have never seen such a person who spends like him for the cause of Allah. When he came to see me and I cast the first look upon him I understood that he was one of the great Signs of my Lord. It was ascertained that this was the result of my repeated prayers over time. All my senses were dominated by this idea and my intelligence told me that he was one of the chosen ones. Often, I do not like praising people and expressing admiration for their qualities among people so that it may not cause harm to their personality, but I observed that his negative emotions had disappeared, and his carnal desires had gone extinct; thus, he had been protected from such things. One of his excellent qualities was that when he saw the wounds of Islam, its state of a homeless wanderer, or saw it like a tree which had been uprooted from its place, he felt deep sadness and due to this sadness, his life became colourless, so having gone through this state of restlessness he stood up to help the Faith. Therefore, he wrote such books which were replete with facts and wisdom to such an extent that we cannot find an example of it in the books written by earlier people. His writings, though brief, are yet full of wisdom. As far as his diction is concerned, it is very attractive, beautiful, and refined which, upon reading, gives the taste of a pure beverage. The case of his books is like silk which is filled with different fragrances. In addition to that, it seems as if a fair number of pearls, rubies, and musk was wrapped in them and on top of it, some ambergris was mixed in them and thus, this whole mixture turned into an electuary. There is no doubt that these books contain all those benefits in one place which are scattered in other books. Further, these books have