Friday, 22 March 2013

"Don’t cry, O Daughter..."

It says in "Siyar A'lam An-Nubala":

لما نزل بعبد الله بن إدريس الموت ، بكت بنته ، فقال : لا تبكي ، قد ختمت في هذا البيت أربعة آلاف ختمة


ENGLISH:


"When death came upon ’Abdullaah Ibn Idrees, may Allaah have mercy on him, his daughter wept, so he said, "Don’t cry, O Daughter, for I have finished reciting the Qur'an in this house four thousand times."


NEDERLANDS:


"Toen Abdullah Ibn Idrees op sterfbed lag, moge Allaah hem genadig zijn, begon zijn dochter te huilen. Hij zei tegen haar: "Huil niet, O mijn dochter, want ik heb in dit huis 4,000 keer de Qur'an uitgelezen."


["Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa", 7/499].

2 comments:

  1. It's "four thousand" indeed. Jazakallahu Khayran for pointing that out.

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