Eflākī now produced his memorandum-book, and showed the entry he had made, with the date. The friends marvelled at this, and rejoiced exceedingly, their spirits being refreshed with an influence from the invisible world.
‘Ārif then said: “By the soul of my ancestor, I dislike exceedingly to make a display of any miraculous power. But, now and then, for the edification of my disciples, such scenes will slip out. Then Eflākī takes note thereof.”
Such miracles are known by the names of “manifestations,” and “ekstasis of the spirit.”
When Qonya was reached, three friends, one a lady, bore testimony to having seen ‘Ārif at the tomb on that day, and to their having heard him shout.
2.
‘Ārif’s last journey was from Lārenda to Aq-Serāy (on the road to Qonya). In the latter place he remained about ten days; when, one night, he laid his head on his pillow, and wept bitterly, continuously moaning and sobbing in his sleep.
In the morning his friends inquired the cause. He said he had seen a strange dream. He was seated in a vaulted chamber, with windows looking on to a garden as beautiful as paradise, with all kinds of flowering shrubs and fruit-bearing trees, beneath the shade of which the youths and maidens of heaven were walking and disporting themselves. Melodious voices were also heard. In one direction he noticed a flower-garden, and there he saw his grandfather, Jelālu-’d-Dīn. He wondered at his appearance; when lo, Jelāl looked towards him, and beckoned him to approach. On his drawing near, Jelāl asked him what had brought him there; and then added: “The time is come; the end of thy term. Thou must come to me.”
It was from joy and delight at this kind invitation of his grandfather, that ‘Ārif had wept and sobbed.
He then said: “It is time for me to make my journey to heaven,—to drink of the cup of God’s might.”
Two days later, they continued their journey towards Qonya, and ‘Ārif showed some slight symptoms of indisposition. These daily grew more severe. He reached Qonya. One morning he came out of his house, and stood in the gateway of his great-grandfather’s mausoleum, silent, in the midst of his disciples. It was Friday, the last day of the month of Zū-’l-Qa’da, A.H. 719 (13th January, A.D. 1320).