(1) In the Ṭ edition the author’s name appears as Najm al-Dīn ibn al-Rifaʿ, i.e. Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Rifaʿ. See his obituary in Wafayāt (Death Notices) under the year 710 AH. (2) In the B edition the phrase reads “a stay in Egypt.” (3) In the A manuscript there is an added gloss that is clearly not in the author’s own hand (may God have mercy on him). We have, however, retained it here both because we initially relied on this copy in our work and because of its intrinsic interest. Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī reports: “His period of residence in al-Jubb lasted eighteen months. When he finally departed, many people accompanied him, rejoicing greatly; others were grieved at his leaving, their hearts constrained. The shaykh-imam Najm al-Dīn Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Qawī composed a poetical ode in his praise, including the following lines: “Be patient, for in the unseen there is that which frees you from schemes; every hardship becomes easy if you endure it. And never lack a remedy for the ill you face—one of two: be certain of that. Either a trial to cleanse your sin, so that you meet God purified, or a test by which you draw closer in devotion. O Saʿd, we hope that God will grant us good through you, and that your refuge may be a ruin to our foes. Should the Merciful afflict you with a host, He will harm them and benefit those He loves with kindness and protect them. O family of Taymiyyah, exalted in rank and station, you have struck the spheres in dazzling display. You are the jewels of creation, yet among men your wisdom seems overlooked. They acknowledge no merit in you, else they would make your eyes their home. O you whose grasp of the sciences of creation outstrips that of earlier ages until today. If you are tried by the worst of people, their ignorance exalts them against you though they belong to the virtuous. Or by a tyrant in power, or by a judge seduced by worldly love, who display lies thereupon. They do not claim that any of God’s blessings is less, nor do they dread on Judgment Day the blazing fire. By Islam I swear, it is my creed: I am among those whose faith is firm. I have never met before you a man in whose company I took pleasure; my eye has found no soul more noble.” In numerous couplets he praises the shaykh and condemns his adversaries. Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī and others add that on Friday the shaykh Taqī al-Dīn led the prayer in the al-Ḥākim Mosque, then sat down and was surrounded by a great crowd. Someone among those present asked him to say something they could hear. He remained silent, smiling. Then a man recited to him the verse “And when God took the covenant of those who were given the Scripture: ‘You shall make it clear to the people and not conceal it’” (Quran 3:187). He rose to his feet and began the khutbah.