destroyed the idol temples, smashed the idols, and utterly dispersed their custodians (1). He made the Jews and Christians pay the jizya in submission, and through him Islam became manifest among the Mongols and their followers (2).
Overall (3), the affair of this al-Tūsī and his followers is too notorious and well known among the Muslims to require explanation or description.
Nevertheless, it has been said that toward the end of his life he regularly observed the five prayers (4) and devoted himself to al-Baghawī’s Quran commentary, jurisprudence, and similar pursuits.
If he did indeed repent of his heretical unbelief, Allah accepts repentance from His servants and pardons misdeeds. Allah Most High says:
“O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of Allah’s mercy. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins.”
[Surah al-Zumar: 53]
However, regarding what this man has related from him: if it was before his repentance, his word is not accepted; and if it was after his repentance, he had not repented of Rāfidism, but only of heretical unbelief. And under
(1) (A) reads *shamlatahā*; (B) reads *shamlahā*.
(2) Ibn Kathīr states in *al-Bidāya wa-l-Nihāya*, 13:351, under the events of 696 AH: “In that year, Qāzān killed Emir Nawrūz, through whom he had embraced Islam. This Nawrūz was the one who won him over and invited him to Islam; Qāzān embraced Islam, and most of the Tatars embraced Islam with him. The Tatars then poisoned Qāzān’s mind against Nawrūz and turned him against him. They persisted until Qāzān killed him and everyone associated with him. Nawrūz had been among the finest Tatar emirs in Qāzān’s service. He was devout and sincere in his Islam, his remembrances, his voluntary acts of worship, and his good intentions. May Allah have mercy on him and pardon him. A great many of them—whose number is known only to Allah—embraced Islam through him. They took up prayer beads and *hayākil*, attended Friday and congregational prayers, and recited the Quran.” See also, concerning Nayrūz or Nawrūz: Ibn Taghrī Birdī, *al-Dalīl al-Shāfī ʿalā al-Manhal al-Sāfī*, p. [0–9] 62, ed. Fahīm Shaltūt (Umm al-Qurā University, 1399 AH/1979 CE); *al-Sulūk li-Maʿrifat Duwal al-Mulūk*, vol. 1, pt. [0–9], pp. 714, 837, 874.
(3) “Overall” is omitted from (N), (M), and (W).
(4) “Five” is omitted from (A), (B), (N), (M), and (W).