and by his son, the ṣāḥib ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAṭā-Malik, Director of the Dīwān (1). Whenever he mounted the pulpit he would speak extemporaneously and buttress his words with verses such as:
“If He manifests Himself to me, my whole being becomes eyes;
And if He calls to me, my whole being becomes ears.

And:
“I have entrusted every affair of mine to the Beloved;
If He wills, He lets me live, and if He wills, He makes me perish.”

And:
“Nothing stands between us save the wine as a third:
He fills the cup and gives me to drink, I fill it and He drinks.”

The shaykh—may Allah sanctify his soul—passed away on the twentieth of Dhu al-Qaʿda (2).

More than four hundred of his slaves were manumitted on his behalf. He stipulated that he be shrouded in the patched cloak of his shaykh Najm al-Kubrá, that no Qur’an be recited in front of his bier, and that no wailing be made over him.

The day he died was an unforgettable occasion; no one stayed away, and the crowd was estimated at four hundred thousand people.

From his estate each of his sons—Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad, Burhān al-Dīn Aḥmad, and Maẓhar al-Dīn Muṭahhar—received three hundred and thirty-three garments, including shirts, kerchiefs, turbans, and fur cloaks.

He owned a sable cloak of ās (3) made of fāqim (ermine) (4) for which he had once been offered one thousand dinars. The nails of his sandals were silver, and beneath his feet stood a gilded footstool that had cost five hundred dinars. His horses and livestock were valued at ten thousand dinars, and he kept sixty slave-servants who had memorized the Qur’an and been trained in calligraphy.