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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Beginning and the Return - Al-Husayn ibn Harun al-Baghdadi

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My Master called out to her, and she leaped with her greatest stride toward him, while the rest [of the rabbits] began racing toward him and running before him. He said: 'O Yunus ibn Zabiyan, this is your objective; ask her whatever you wish.' I said to her: 'O so-and-so!' She replied: 'At your service (Labbayk), O Yunus!' I asked: 'Are you so-and-so?' She said: 'Yes.' I asked: 'What is this state in which I see you?' She said: 'This is the status of one who denied the Commander of the Faithful, the Most High (Al-Ali al-A'la). Is there any way out for me from what I am in?" I said: "The Pen has run [its course], the Decree has become binding, and the matter is settled." Then I left her and departed, saying: "I know that Allah is over all things competent."

And the words of the Almighty: {They know what is apparent of the worldly life, but they, of the Hereafter, are unaware} 1 . He says: Indeed, they do not know that bodies are transferred either to Luminosity (al-Nuraniyyah) or to Metamorphosis (al-Masukhiyyah).

[51] And on the authority of Abu Nasr al-Qashani, from his men, from al-Mufaddal ibn 'Umar—peace be upon him—from the Master Ja'far al-Sadiq—may His Might be exalted—that he said: "If you see a man with a long nose and head, upright ears, thick lips, a long neck, a wide belly, narrow flanks, long legs, rounded thighs, little intimacy or vigor, blatant in character, swift in movement and transition, who does not like sitting with people nor conversing with them,

Footnotes

1Surah Ar-Rum - Verse 7.
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