He said to me: 'The days and nights shall not pass until the Lord appears from Kufa in seven domes of Light. Woe to the opposers from a painful punishment!' Then he said to me: 'This is not the time for discourse.'

Then the ship ran like lightning until it approached the land and stopped. We took the two horses out of it; our Lord rode one and I rode the other. The two horses ran with us. What was between me and you (Abu al-Maymun) occurred, and our talk has reached this point. Nothing remains of my gathering with you and my farewell to you except for the completion of the period which is the counterpart of the postponement."

Abu al-Hasan ibn Harun al-Samarrai said: I remained with him, never parting from him nor tiring of looking at him, until the end of the period. On the thirtieth day, I was sitting before him in a discourse more beautiful than pearls, when a matter befell him and a faint overtook him. When he recovered from his faint, he said to me: "O Abu al-Maymun, open the door; you shall meet who greets you."

I went out quickly and saw people approaching, beneath them were fine horses. When I saw them approaching with faces that shone and garments the like of which I had never seen finer, and fragrances more pure than any I had smelled, I threw myself to the ground prostrating.

A person leading the group said to me: "Raise your head and walk before us." I raised my head, returned, and they followed me on their horses. By my life, the courtyard of the house was filled with them. They sat around him. I saw the master of the group sit at his head; he summoned a young boy from the group and brought him close.

I saw Abu al-Tahir Sabur—the boy embraced him, held him to his chest, and began to kiss his mouth. He did not move away until he (Sabur) departed from this life. Then he (the boy) struck the earth with his foot, and this spring you see burst from beneath his foot and flowed.

He ordered that he be washed; those with him washed him. He was shrouded in a shroud they had with them and perfumed with a perfume more pure in fragrance than any I have seen. He stood and prayed over