▁Ab ū ▁H ā tim , ▁he ▁respond ed : ▁ ▁Had ▁the ▁light ▁of ▁my ▁eyes ▁been ▁ex ting u ished , ▁you ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁found ▁one ▁as ▁able ▁to ▁qu en ch ▁your ▁th irst ▁for ▁knowledge .” ▁His ▁last ▁words ▁were ▁in ▁reply ▁to ▁Ab ū ▁Al ī : ▁“ H ā l ▁al - jar ī d ▁d ū n ▁al - kar ī d ” ▁( the ▁ch oking ▁stops ▁the ▁verse . ▁( Th ese ▁were ▁the ▁pro verb ial ▁words ▁of ▁the ▁j ah ili y ya ▁poet ▁ ʿ Ab ī d ▁ibn ▁al - A bra ṣ ▁utter ed ▁on ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁being ▁put ▁to ▁death ▁on ▁the ▁orders ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁king ▁of ▁H ī ra , ▁an - N om ā n ▁I bn ▁al - M und ir ▁al - L akh mi , ▁and ▁commanded ▁to ▁first ▁rec ite ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁verse .) ▁ ▁I bn ▁D ura id ▁died ▁in ▁August ▁of ▁ 9 3 3 , ▁on ▁a ▁Wed nes day , G reg or ▁Sch o eler , ▁The ▁Or al ▁and ▁the ▁Writ ten ▁in ▁Early ▁Islam , ▁pg . ▁ 1 5 4 . ▁Tr sn . ▁U we ▁V ag el po hl , ▁ed . ▁James ▁E ▁Mont gom ery . ▁Rout ledge ▁Studies ▁in ▁Middle ▁Eastern ▁Liter atures . ▁London : ▁Rout ledge , ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁▁ ▁He ▁was ▁buried ▁on ▁the ▁east ▁bank ▁of