a reading of the current situation.

There he was welcom'd of that honeft Sire, And of his aged Beldame homely well; Who him besought himself to disattire, And rest himself, till Supper ime befel

Trust me, you looke well.

Besides being known as a theologist, he [Al-Razi] was noted for being a person of great farid (beauty). ¶ Al-Razi was an intellectual leader (imam) in the fields of Qur'anic exegesis, Islamic theology, rational sciences, and linguistics.