having little tenderness toward children, who does not love knowledge nor desires his trade, inclines toward legumes and what the earth sprouts, does not desire to drink date-wine (Nabidh), does not like listening [to music/speech], and loves [carrying] loads upon his back—then that human being specifically, if he is inclines toward speaking Arabic and loves dwelling in the land of Iraq," then he is inevitably transferred (Manqul) from the land of Persia, provided he possesses these traits. But if he loves speaking in shaky Persian (al-Farisiyyah al-Muza'za'ah), then he is from the Khuzi people 1 .
And if he loves dwelling in the land of Persia and Khuzestan, then he is inevitably transferred from donkeys and pack-horses (Baradhin)."
[52] The Master Muhammad—may His Might be exalted—said regarding the words of the Almighty: {Allah begins creation; then He repeats it; then to Him you will be returned} 2 . He said: "I brought them forth into the human state (Bashariyyah); then, if they disbelieved and deserved punishment, I transferred them to metamorphosis (Masukhiyyah), until the Day of Return (al-Karr) and Revelation (al-Kashf), when He returns them to the human state to judge among them as He wills."
[53] On the authority of al-Husayn ibn al-Qasim al-Alawi, from Muhammad ibn Mihran, from Muhammad ibn Sadaqah, from