nor except with much wiping does what rises to the iron of echoes go away if it is cast. and this one mentioned from our companions had mastered the readings with great mastery and he abridged the book of alanbari on stopping and starting with a good abridgement that impressed whoever saw him from the reciters. he was persistent in seeking the hadith and recording it and he was in charge of reading what he heard from the sheikhs of hadith persevering in copying and striving with it. so when he was tested with this affliction with some of the boys he rejected what he was concerned with and sold most of his books and became completely transformed. we seek refuge in god from failure. and i said a word about him which is the next word that i mentioned from it at the beginning of his story then i left it.
ولا بغير كثير المسح يذهب ما يعلو الحديد من الأصداء ان سبكا وكان هذا المذكور من أصحابنا قد احكم القراءات إحكاما جيدا، واختصر كتاب الأنباري في الوقف والابتداء اختصارا حسنا أعجب به من رآه من المقرئين، وكان دائبا على طلب الحديث وتقييده، والمتولي لقراءة ما يسمعه على الشيوخ المحدثين، مثابرا على النسخ مجتهدا به، فلما امتحن بهذه البلية مع بعض الغلمان رفض ما كان معتنيا به وباع أكثر كتبه واستحال كلية، نعوذ بالله من الخذلان. وقلت فيه كلمة وهي التالية للكلمة التي ذكرت منها في أول خبره ثم تركتها.