in station. When they finished the recitation, that person would step forward before them, and they would fall down prostrate to him, saying: 'You are our sought Lord, to you our hopes terminate, and upon you is our reliance in every state.' When they finished their prostration, he would hold a general session for the people, and they would attend according to their ranks. The ailment-stricken would come to him, complaining of his illness, so he would prescribe the medicine for him; he would take it and drink it and be cured. The paralytic, the chronically ill, and everyone with an ailment would attend, and he would heal them. People would seek him from afar, and he would describe their ailments to them and say: 'Take such-and-such fruit, such-and-such herb, such-and-such flower, and such-and-such resin; cook it and give it to the sick to drink.' They would do so and be cured. His opponents said: 'This man knows the properties of things like herbs and others because he has read in books, and he possesses no power.' He knew what they said, so he ordered that a dead man, a blind man, a mute man, a leper, and one with skin disease be brought, and he gathered the people. First, he began with the dead man and revived him, then the blind man saw, the mute man heard, the paralytic stood up, and he healed the leper and the one with skin disease. Among his signs and miracles was that a man would come to him and say: 'My wealth has been stolen and I do not know who stole it.' He would say: 'Such-and-such stole it and hid it in such-and-such place.' The man's companions would go and find what was stolen just as he mentioned. He would bring the thief, who would confess, and he would cut off his hand, until people stopped stealing for fear of the cutting and the scandal. A man would come to him and say: 'My father—or my brother or whoever was his family—has been killed, and I do not know who killed him.' He would say: 'Such-and-such killed him and took such-and-such from him.' The killer would be brought and would confess against himself, so he would kill him or crucify him, thus people stopped killing. A man would come to him and say: 'This is my wife, she has become pregnant without contact, so inform us who corrupted her.' He would identify the corrupter for them, who would be