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Al-Dhahabi writes his own biography.

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Al-Dhahabi, who had many, many books
on biography, scholarship, and so on.

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In al-Mu'jam al-Mukhtass,
al-Dhahabi, the compiler, wrote this.

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"Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman,
ibn Qaymaz, son of Shaykh Abdullah."

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"Al-Turkumani al-Fariqi.
Then al-Dimashqi al-Shafi'i."

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"A Qur'an reciter."

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"A hadith scholar and
compiler of this dictionary."

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"He was born in 673 AH
and authored works."

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See how people whose greatness
gives you chills talk about themselves.

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He only says, "He authored works,"
which were said to be beneficial.

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Others kindly praise him.

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He knew himself best
and his failings in knowledge and deeds.

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Allah's help is sought.
There is no strength except through Him.

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If my faith stays safe,
what joy for me!

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What matters is faith, not authorship
or years writing more than 150 tomes.

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In the end, he says,
"If my faith stays safe, what joy for me!"

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This is the reality of religion, faith,
righteousness, and sincere intention.

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A person must guard his faith.

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All these are ways to strengthen faith.

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But it's faith that matters:
if my faith stays safe, what joy for me!