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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Gnostic Sciences and a Gift for Every Gnostic - Maymun Ibn Qasim Al-Tabarani

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Then he said:

"O Rabi'ah! Hand your dinar to Ishaq so that he may read it."

When Ishaq read it, his color changed; he turned ashen, then flushed deep red, and said: "The nation (Al-Ummah) is ruined!" The Master Al-Hasan said: "[Even] if it were you [who was ruined]..."—and Ishaq's face grew red; the Master said: "Ishaq has turned red."

Muhammad ibn Jundub said: "The four [Persians] departed in the highest state of joy.

Thereafter, I would look at Ishaq; whenever he looked at Abu Shu’ayb, his face would redden and his eyes would deviate (tazwarru) 1 —despite the fact that he was [Abu Shu’ayb’s] agent and his provider.

Footnotes

1Tazwarru al-'ayn : Looking from the corner/outer angle of the eye [a look of resentment or deviation].
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