Then the Shaykh—may Allah have mercy on him—remained confined in the Citadel for two years, three months, and a few days (1), after which he departed to the mercy and good-pleasure of Allah. Throughout that entire period he persisted in worship and Qur’an recitation, in authoring books, and in rebutting his opponents.

He composed a large portion of his commentary on the Mighty Qur’an, which contains many precious (2) gems, subtle insights, refined meanings, and clarifications of numerous passages that had perplexed a number of the scholars of Qur’anic exegesis (3).

He also wrote several volumes on the issue for which he had been imprisoned. Among them is a refutation (4) of al-Ikhnāʾī, the Mālikī judge in Egypt, commonly known as “al-Ikhnāʾiyyah” (5). Another is an extensive, comprehensive work rebutting certain Shāfiʿī judges (6), along with many other writings of the same kind.