the Bees, are distinct (khulu) from them, yet they are never devoid (la yakhlun) of You."
Chapter Sixteen: Gnosis of the Twenty-Four Groups Transformed (Al-Mamsukha) on Land and Sea.
[111] The trustworthy Sheikh Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Jilli (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me, saying: My Sheikh Abu ‘Abdullah al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi (may Allah brighten his face) narrated to me, tracing the chain of transmission back to Al-Asbagh ibn Nubatah, who said:
The Commander of the Faithful, Mighty is His Might, passed by a marsh (Harrisa) 1 containing water and croaking frogs. The Commander of the Faithful said to them in the Nabataean language: "Man ajda yatakhaha khaha?" They said its interpretation is: "Who cast you here?" They replied: "You did."
[112] Sheikh Al-Khasibi (may Allah brighten his face) narrated it from Ja'far ibn Yazid al-Qazwini, from Zayd al-