short-armed and short-legged, bow-legged (Afaj) in the thighs, crooked-footed, with long fingers and nails, having much hair upon his body, and much shouting and mumbling; he loves talking to himself in solitude, laughs little, salivates and spits excessively, has little intimacy toward women, [yet is] close to weak men. He does not love labor or movement, frequently moves from one place to another, and has no tenderness toward his children or whatever progeny he may have. He eats all things—meat, bread, and fruit—and loves drinking date-wine (Nabidh) and grapes. Indeed, if a human being possesses these traits, then he is transferred (Manqul) from the hyena, which the common folk call 'the limping hyena'; so know that."

The words of the Almighty: {And of the people is he who purchases the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment} ¹ . He says: Among the people is he who listens to the words of the Opposites (al-Azdad) or practices their religion to mislead from the way of Allah; thus he disbelieves in it to stray from the path of truth and belittles it. His recompense is torment within the metamorphosed states (al-Masukhiyyat) so that he may be humiliated thereby.