(1) When I came, I expected you to bring it to me. (2) Clear, meaning not hidden, but as clear as the sun. (3) The ornaments, whatever their type, are the customary currency among them. (4) Mal-kalimka al-kalikah, breaking the covenant, meaning he did not break what he covenanted with Allah, may Allah be pleased with him. (5) Zaqqum al-Rashid, meaning al-Rashidi salt, he likened it to it because of its whiteness, and also likened it to cotton that has been stripped of its seed. (6) And the origin of the ginning machines, "tash," meaning gone and lost, meaning no one resembles him. "Al-fuqayyah" is a tool for removing seeds, and Allah knows best. (7) Seventy regions, meaning seventy girded men, girded, a sign of tucking up for God. (8) Hilla al-Idi, east of Al-Kamilin, in the Blue Nile province, meaning on the right bank, and Allah knows best. (9) Suakin, an island in the Red Sea on the African coast, from which pilgrims travel to Jeddah, the port of Mecca, and Allah knows best. (10) Ghurayr, meaning sacks of flour. (11) Jabal Abi Qais, a mountain.

Abdul Wahab al-Sha'rani, in his "Tabaqat al-Awliya," states that when Ibrahim ibn Adham first entered the path, he neither ate, nor drank, nor slept. Then he entered seclusion a second time and remained there for thirty months, emerging dry of flesh and blood, his skin clinging to his bones. The people then called him "Al-Nahlan." He departed from this world, saying, "I opened the door of Allah and closed the door of creation. I accept no gifts, have no status or intercession with the ruler, nor do I have a trade like farming or commerce, nor do I write amulets as is the custom of the saints." A woman from the daughters of Walad Sa'id brought him a garment made of wool and said to him, "My master, I spun this with my own hands and brought it to you to cover yourself from the cold." He said to her, "I opened the door of Allah and closed the door of creation. Go and give it to so-and-so the jurist; he will open his door for you." A man from Morocco, one of his disciples named Awad Allah, came carrying a camel's hump and said, "My master, take this hump." He said to him, "Take your hump. When I came, Awad Allah did not bring me a hump." Then there was a verse of poetry: Among the clear (2) of all hearts, in their abundance, the water of the watcher eats all its gifts. His wife, Hajja, said, "I came, and he was like skinless bone, with nothing on him." He said to me, "Hajja, I have annihilated myself from human attributes. Take Abu Kusayda, my cousin; he is a young boy who can be a companion to boys." He said, "The one who is praised for his desire." She said, "The song of the Sheikh: The world, O mother of curves, divorce her in the seventh heaven, hang her In it, no needle's eye, nor any ornament (3). The knot, the knot he tied with his Lord, you have not completed it (4). He was described as a very tall man with long legs and a face like the moon. The poet said: The Sheikh's face is like the moon, and the veil, and like a shower of rain. Zaqqum al-Rashid (5), the distribution is scattered, cotton remains, and the ginning machines are gone (6). Then he ordered his disciples to travel for Hajj and to visit the tomb of the Prophet, peace be upon him. Seventy regions (7) accompanied him, he riding a donkey, his wife Hajja on a donkey, and their two camels carried by the poor on their heads, with no provisions or water. They set out from Idi (8) Walad Ashib, fasting during the day and descending at night to Arabs who would break their fast. And so it continued until they reached Suakin (9). It is not known whether this was a miracle or if they were in a time of prosperity. Then, when they arrived in Mecca during the Hajj days, he said, "I am the Mahdi," and he and his disciples were beaten. Hajja said, "They took us, imprisoned us, then released us." And there was a noble man named Sayyid Muhammad Khalil, who believed in the Sheikh. He brought three sacks of flour (10) for the poor and said to him, "My master, raise your provisions to Jabal Abi Qais (11). Mecca will be descended upon by the two parties." Then a rain fell that damaged houses and destroyed some of them, known at that time as the rain of the wilderness. In noble Mecca, overlooking the Kaaba, it is said that the tomb of our father Adam, peace be upon him, is there.