"Because the sun is with the tail of the Dragon (Dhanab al-Tinnīn), so it is an inauspicious day." Amir Al-Muminin — Exalted Glory — said to him: "Woe to you! Why did you leave the moon and mention the sun? While I am the one who manifested the sun and the moon, by My power the stars travel, and by My will the celestial sphere rotates. I owned the kings by My power and enslaved the lords by My glory. Their hearts and their forelocks are in My hand. By My glory and majesty, not ten of my companions shall be killed, nor shall I leave ten of them [the enemy] remaining. Were it not that I thésaurized for them from what I have, nothing of that would have reached them. «Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance»" And he marched to al-Mada'in.
And among [his signs] was the discourse of the "Grasp" (al-Baṭsha), his speech to the skull, and he has what has been related and publicized. The Indian said: "O man, I have become self-sufficient through the path of your maturity. I do not think Allah gathered me and you except as a mercy and kindness to me." Then they both rose, embraced, and remained close. They thanked Allah — Exalted Glory — for the blessing He bestowed upon them through their gathering. Each one began to kiss the other and consider him a cause for the guidance of his companion.
He [Abu al-Tahir] said: I also rose and embraced each of them and thanked Allah for the blessing of my gathering with them. When they intended to depart from me, the Indian said to him [the Hijazi]: "And what do you intend to do if you part from me?" The Hijazi said to him: "What do you want from me after this?" The Indian said: "Indeed, what occurred between us does not convince me. Let us go and ask for a gnostic man from whom we may take the landmarks of our religion and ask him to make known to us what Allah made obligatory upon us." I said to them: "Indeed, on the outskirts of this city is a young man who has built himself a large garden and refrained from touching the people.