We saw no one among the People with a malady or a flaw. All were of balanced creation and fine stature. Among them was no one of excessive height, nor any lowly short one, nor any bent, nor any grey-haired elder. Rather, all were middle-aged men with faces like full moons, shining with light and manifest with joy. They possessed solid character and radiant faces.

We remained thus until the time of the Noon prayer. A muezzin stood and called the Adhan. When he reached: "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah," he said:

"I bear witness that there is no god but Ali; and I bear witness that Muhammad is His connected Veil (Ḥijāb), His sent Prophet, His Greatest Light, His Ancient House, His All-Knowing Knowledge, and His Noble Station which has not separated from Him. And I bear witness that Salman is His Gate (Bāb) through which none is approached except through him—the Ship of Salvation and the Spring of Life.

Hasten to prayer, O assembly of believers, to connect with Allah your Lord, the Lord of the worlds, and to abide in the Garden of Bliss, safe and tranquil. No fear shall be upon you, nor shall you grieve or be terrified of the density of bodies and the darkness of deeds; and to dwell in the neighborhood of the Most Merciful.

Hasten to the Best of Deeds (khayr al-‘amal) by which you attain victory and hope and witness the Magnificent in the Noble Station. Allah is Greater than whoever is arrogant and Higher than whoever is tyrannical. An Absolute (Ṣamad) who is not aimed at and a Mighty One who is not wronged. There is no god but He, the Most High, the Great."

Then the prayer leader stood and prayed, and we prayed. The one who led us in prayer was the Lord of the Ship. When he finished his prayer, he said to the man who had appeared to us as an astrologer: "Your path is to suffice the affair of your brothers and to treat them with beauty. They shall not ask you of a thing that you hide from them; initiate them