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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 the
blessings of Mecca and Medina, and perform the visitation of the Messenger of
Allah Most High, peace be upon him, after first performing the visitation of al-
Khalil, the Friend of Allah, may Allah praise and give him peace.⁶ I therefore
made the journey to the Hijaz. Before long however, various concerns, together
with the requests of my children, drew me back to my home (country); and so I
came to it again, though at one time no one had seemed less likely than myself
6[8] That is, Abraham, who is buried in the cave of Machpelah under the mosque at Hebron, which
is called ‘al-Khalil’ in Arabic; similarly the visitation of the Messenger is the
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 the
blessings of Mecca and Medina, and perform the visitation of the Messenger of
Allah Most High, peace be upon him, after first performing the visitation of al-
Khalil, the Friend of Allah, may Allah praise and give him peace.⁶ I therefore
made the journey to the Hijaz. Before long however, various concerns, together
with the requests of my children, drew me back to my home (country); and so I
came to it again, though at one time no one had seemed less likely than myself
6[8] That is, Abraham, who is buried in the cave of Machpelah under the mosque at Hebron, which
is called ‘al-Khalil’ in Arabic; similarly the visitation of the Messenger is the