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none before my poor self demonstrated in stronger words in 
spite of its sublimity. Should any one be in doubt let him 
hundredth part of this science. They also inspired me with 
e way of siifiism which is obtaining in these days and 
is in accordance with the wish of God in the present time, 
and I composed them in two treatises named Ham‘at and 
Altaf al-Quds. Moreover I established the faith of the ancient 
Sunnis by proofs and arguments and after purifying it 
from the impurities of doubts created by logicians, confirme 
it in such a way as to leave no room for controversy. And 
they gifted me with the knowledge of the Kamalat-i-arba‘a 
(the four perfections), viz. the origin, the creation, the de- 
velopment, and the harmony with such amplifications; and the 
nd of 
perfection and end of everyone. These two are grand subjects 
such as none went round it before my poor self. Also the 
the Prophet (blessings and peace of God be on him) and what 
has been interpolated and put in, and what is sunnat (words 
and practices of the Prophet) and what has been innovated by 
each caste and creed. 
Verse. 
If there had been a tongue at every place of growth of my 
air, 
I could not have been able to repay the due gratitude. 
Praise be to God, the Lord of the Universe. 
Waliullah died in a.H. 1176, a.p. 1762 and was buried at 
ehli. 
The following is a list of the most important of his 
S:— 
(1) Atyab al-Nigham fi Madh Saiyid al-‘Arab wal ‘Ajam, 
a gasida in praise of the Prophet, rhyming in alphabet ‘‘ ba,” 
accompanied by a Persian commentary by the author with 
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1 His full name is ‘I2z al-Din ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin ‘Abd al-Salam = as- 
Sulami. He was born in A.B. 577, A.D. 1181, and died a.x, 660, A.D. 
1262. Vide Brockelmann’s Geschichte der arabischen Literatur. vol. I, 
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