Al-ʿImād the secretary also mentioned him, saying: “He was one of the notables of humankind, a supporter of the generous, the most munificent of his peers, and a towering summit of discernment. My father told me that when he travelled to Rayy after the calamity, he awoke to find Sharf al-Din al-Bayhaqī coming to greet him with his entourage—at that time he was governor of Rayy—and he escorted him to his own residence. Sharf al-Din was then being put forward for the vizierate of Sultan Sanjar.

He added: ‘I think he suffered a setback in Sanjar’s engagement with the Khitā, and my father used to say, “I have never seen anyone like him.”’

I say: he is the author of the verses:
“O Maker of the Throne, You carried all mankind
when the waters swelled and overwhelmed the ark;
Now Your servant’s waters have likewise surged—
so bear him, O Lord, upon a saving bark.” (1)

His poetry is plentiful and widely circulated. (2)

Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī (3) lists among his writings: The Inimitability of the Qurʾān; Laws of Inheritance; Principles of Jurisprudence; The Ascents of Nahj al-Balāghah; Clarifying the Proofs in Uṣūl; Affirmation of the Resurrection; The Campaign against Violations of the Sacred Law; his collected Dīwān; several treatises on epistolary composition; Pearls of Proverbs; Victory over the Wicked; a Commentary on the Maqāmāt; Compendium of Proverbs in four volumes; Foods for the Sick; The Considered Therapies; Poisons; Commentaries on Medicinal Substances; works on astronomy, the astrolabe, the celestial sphere, planetary conjunctions, and the Stories of the Prophets; the book Al-Imārāt (4) as a commentary on the Ishārāt; and a commentary