He first went to Jelāl’s tomb, there performed his devotions to God, and then put up the prayer for rain, his disciples weeping as they chanted “Amen.”
Clouds now began to collect and lower; shortly after which an abundance of rain was vouchsafed.
6.
Not only were all the revenues of the college, arising from its endowments, committed by Jelāl to the sole administration of Husām, but, whatever gifts and contributions were offered by princes and friends, in money or in kind, they were all consigned to his care, to augment the resources of the general fund. Jelāl’s family, and also his son, though often pinched, fared as the disciples.
7.
The disciples were both surprised and scandalised, at one time, by Husām’s publicly speaking very much in praise of certain individuals who bore an extremely bad character, while he disparaged certain others who were noted for their pious lives.
They complained to Jelāl; but he confirmed what Husām had said, and remarked to them: “God looks only to man’s heart. Those seemingly lewd fellows are really God-loving saints, while those outwardly pious livers are merely inward hypocrites.”
8.
One day Husām was lecturing. Suddenly he beckoned to one of the disciples, and told him to go with all speed to the royal palace, ask to see the queen, give her his greeting, and say to her: “Instantly quit this apartment thou art in, if thou wouldest avoid impending destruction, the result of God’s decree.”
The queen believed his word, and at once removed to another part of the palace. The apartment was speedily stripped of its furniture; and scarcely had the last loads been removed, when, with a loud crash, the building fell in. Her faith in his miraculous power was thenceforward increased a hundredfold.