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death took place. This union was totally dispersed and every 
one came to know that if the marriage had not been celebrated 
so soon it would have been impossible to come to pass for years 
thereafter. 
It was [in] the fifteenth year [of my age] that I became a 
disciple of my father and devoted seopees to occupations of the 
sujz, specially those of Naqshbandiya! saints. With regard to 
tawajjuh (meditation), Sot (instruction), learning the ya 
of religious rites, and putting on the garment of “the Sufi I 
equipped myself. ‘and studied a portion of the Baizavi* the same 
year. My venerable father had prepared ample food and had 
invited the gentries and the public and offered Fatiha® (intro- 
ductory elias permitting me to teach others. 
owever in my fifteenth year I completed my studies in 
all the seve subjects in accordance with the custom of this 
country. As to Hadig (Traditions of the Prophet) I studied 
the whole of Mishkat,* and a portion of Sahth-t-Bukhari® up to 
the Book of cleanliness, and I attended * to the reading of the 
whole of Shama’ il al-Nabi" by others. As to Tafsir eat nar 
taries on the Quran) I studied a portion of Tafstr-7-Baizavi ” 
and a portion of Tafstr-t-Madarik.’ Among all the high 
obligations on my poor self was that | attended my father 
on each meaning oe the dignity of its isn vera and referring 
to its commentaries. This was the grand opening [of the 
heart]. Praise be m God. With ead e Figh (jurisprudence) 
1 This is an ascetic order of Sifis which was founded by Khwaja 
Soh al-Din Ni aqshhan and. His real ae was Muhammad bin Muham- 
al-Bukhari. was born in . 718, a.p. 1318, and died 4.x. 
mol, ete 1388. vide Safinat al-Aw liy’ ne 78. 
e full title of the work is hia al-Tanzil wa Asrar al-Ta' vil. 
It is a pe cet & - the Quran by ‘Abdullah bin ‘Omar al-Baizavi, 
died 4.4. 691, A.D. 
8 The first remap the Quran. It is customary in Islam to repeat 
this as a good omen node ee to the beginning of each important piece of 
business. 
he author of the work is Wali al-Din Abi ‘Abdullah Muhmmad 
bin ‘Ab/ullah al-Khatib al-Tabrizi. It was completed on Friday, the 
last ig Ramazan, A.H. 737, A.D 
5 The author of this eminent work Pe Aba ‘Abdullah Muhammad 
bin _— a ta died a H. 256, a.p. 869. 
6 Qir’a ma‘at — erally reading and hearing. This —. 
to the oriental pra monet in in rasahs where a compete 
student reads aloud the text before his tater and the rest of the seadokte 
f sere! him attending in silen 
1 The author of this Book < ae ‘Isa Muhammad bin ‘Isa bin 
Saurah Tirmidhi, died a.H. 279 892. It deals with the person, 
manners and character of the Prophet 
See supra note 2. 
9 The full rie is Madartk al Tanzil wa Haga’ig al-Ta’vil. T 
author is Hafiz al-Din Abi al-Barakat ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad al- Nasafi, 
died a.u. 710, A.D. 1310. 
