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have I seen better financial arrangements to assist a scholar to provide for his
children.
In due course I entered Damascus, and there I remained for nearly two
years with no other occupation than the cultivation of retirement and solitude,
together with religious and abstinent exercises, as I busied myself purifying
my soul, improving my character and cleansing my heart with the constant
recollection of Allah Most High, as I had learned from my study of mysticism. I
used to go into retreat for a period in the mosque of Damascus, going up the
minaret of the mosque for the whole day and shutting myself in so as to be
alone.
At length I made my way from Damascus to the Holy House (that is,
Jerusalem). There I used to enter into the precinct of the Rock every day and
shut myself in.
Next, there arose in me a prompting to fulfill the duty of the Pilgrimage, gain
children.
In due course I entered Damascus, and there I remained for nearly two
years with no other occupation than the cultivation of retirement and solitude,
together with religious and abstinent exercises, as I busied myself purifying
my soul, improving my character and cleansing my heart with the constant
recollection of Allah Most High, as I had learned from my study of mysticism. I
used to go into retreat for a period in the mosque of Damascus, going up the
minaret of the mosque for the whole day and shutting myself in so as to be
alone.
At length I made my way from Damascus to the Holy House (that is,
Jerusalem). There I used to enter into the precinct of the Rock every day and
shut myself in.
Next, there arose in me a prompting to fulfill the duty of the Pilgrimage, gain