Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Bundār al-Ranjānī, the specialist in the laws of inheritance, said, “I have never seen anyone comparable to Ibn Lāl—may Allah have mercy upon him.” (1)

I add: Prayers are answered at the graves of the prophets and the righteous, and indeed in every place. The real cause of acceptance, however, is the supplicant’s attentive presence, his humility, and his earnest entreaty. No doubt a blessed spot, a mosque, the pre-dawn hours, and the like help a person attain that state frequently. Every distressed caller—his supplication is granted.

42 – Abu al-Raqʿmaq, Abū Ḥāmid Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Anṭākī*
The celebrated poet of Egypt.
He composed abundant verse, and among the people of greater Syria he held the same rank that Ibn al-Ḥajjāj (2) enjoys among the Iraqis.
He praised the vizier Ibn Killis (3) and other dignitaries, and he also penned panegyrics for al-Muʿizz and al-ʿAzīz.
He died in 399 AH.

43 – al-Waṣī, Abū al-Hasan Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn**
The noble sayyid, Abū al-Hasan Muḥammad ibn Abī Ismāʿīl ʿAlī ibn