Chapter Twelve: The Gnosis of the Arabic and Non-Arabic (’Ajam) Festivals, and the Personifications of Every Day Mentioned in the Book of Allah.

[94] Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Jahbadh narrated to us in the city of Tripoli, Syria, on Sunday, with two nights remaining of Dhu al-Hijjah in the year three hundred and ninety-eight (398 AH). And Abu al-Hasan ibn ‘Abdullah narrated to us, saying: Abu ‘Abdullah al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi narrated to us, saying: Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn al-Qasim al-Ahwazi narrated to us, saying: ‘Abdullah ibn Muhammad narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Mihran narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Sinan narrated to us, saying:

"I entered upon The Knower (Al-’Alim), Mighty is His Might, while he was in the company of a group of Gnostics (Al-’Arifin) who had attained Divine Oneness (Al-Tawhid) outwardly and inwardly, secretly and openly. I offered them greetings of peace, and they returned the greeting.

He said to me: 'What is your need?'