11 Feb Wottest thou not too our company is brothers and one another by Allah’s elegance Wazirs and equivalent when you look at the office?
However, Allah doeth whatso He willeth
See, O Leader of Devoted, you to in times off yore the brand new property of Egypt try influenced by the a beneficial Sultan endowed with justice and you can generosity, individual who enjoyed new pious poor and companied with the Olema and you may discovered guys; and then he got good Wazir, a wise and you can a talented, amply trained in the factors plus in the ability of authorities. This Minister, who was an incredibly old man, had a couple sons, as they was in fact two moons; never people watched so on of those to own beauty and you may sophistication, brand new elder titled Shams al-Din Mohammed while the young Nur al-Din Ali; however the more youthful excelled the new elderly inside the seemliness and you may enjoyable semblance, to ensure individuals heard his fame within the much nations and men flocked to Egypt for the intended purpose of enjoying him.
Within the course of date its dad, the newest Wazir, died and you may is profoundly regretted and mourned because of the Sultan, just who delivered to possess his two sons and you can, spending these with clothing of honour, said to all of them, “Assist perhaps not your own hearts become troubled, to own ye will substitute your father's stead and start to become combined Ministers out of Egypt.