Al-Uqud al-Durriyya - Ibn Abd al-Hadi - (الكتاب/586)

Earlier he rode up to Ghazan with a smile—still astride his steed while all the others had already dismounted.
When he drew near and the crowd fixed their gaze upon him, the whole assembly rose to its feet, not a hint of sloth among them.
He addressed him in a loud voice that everyone could hear:
“O Mahmud, are you truly bound to Islam?”
Then he said, “Syria, O Mahmud, is a land of piety, the stronghold of the prophets—so leave it.” (1)
What you witnessed at his funeral should suffice you: his bier passing above the people’s heads.
If they carried him aloft it was because he had bestowed on them favors that no ordinary burden could bear. (2)
I had counted on him as my treasure and my hope, turning to him whenever my resources grew tight.
He was a man for all mankind. People, restrain yourselves—his appointed term has come to an end. (3)

It is finished, comprising eighteen verses.

An elegy (4) for the Shaykh Taqi al-Din, Abu al-‘Abbas, Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah—may Allah sanctify his soul:

When the death of the God-fearing imam was announced—the son of a noble chief, an eminent and pious scholar—
my eyes overflowed with tears. Alas for me! Separation from him filled me with dread and only deepened my anxiety.

(1) All the manuscripts read “fa-qala lahu” (so he said to him). In the margin of MS K we find the note: “The line’s meter is defective, and Allah knows best — Abu Ismail Yusuf Husayn, may he be pardoned.” MS T instead has “wa-qala.” It may actually have been “wa-qala al-Sham …”. The copies also record the reading “anha.” (2) MS F reads: “yankhamil.” (3) MS F reads: “ya ayyuha kaffu … al-rajul” (“O you, desist … the man”). (4) MSS F and D have “madih” (panegyric), whereas MS T has “marthiya” (elegy).

من قبله جا إلى غازان مبتسمًا ... على الجواد وكلّ الخلق قد نزلوا حتى إذا جاءه والخلق تنظره ... قامَ الجميعُ ولم يأخذهم كسلُ فقال جهرًا له والخلق تسمعه: ... هل أنت محمودُ بالإسلام متصل؟ فقال له: الشام يا محمودُ دارُ تقًى ... ومعقل الأنبياء عنه (١) فارتحلوا يكفيكم ما رأيتم مِنْ جنازته ... ونعشه فوق رؤوس الخلق يَنتقل إن كان فوق رؤوس حملوه فقد ... أولاهمُ نعمًا ما ليس تنحمل (٢) قد كنت أرجوه لي ذخرًا وآمله ... وأرتجيه إذا ضاقت بي الحِيَل قد كان ذا رجل للناس كلّهم ... يا أيها الناس كفّوا قد قضى الأجل (٣) تمت وهي ثمانية عشر بيتًا. * * * * رثاء (٤) في الشيخ تقيّ الدين أبي العباس، أحمد ابن تيمية ــ قدَّس الله روحه ــ: لما نُعي الشيخ الإمام المتّقي ... نجل رئيس فاضل حَبر تقي فاضت محاجر مقلتي، يا حسرتي ... لفراقه فرقًا، وزاد تقلّقي

(١) كذا في النسخ: «فقال له». وفي هامش (ك): «لا يستقيم البيت، والله أعلم» أبو إسماعيل يوسف حسين عُفي عنه. وفي (ط): «وقال». ولعله: «وقال الشآم ... » وفي النسخ: «عنها». (٢) (ف): «ينخمل». (٣) (ف): «يا أيها كفوا ... الرجل». (٤) (ف، د): «مديح»، (ط): «مرثية».