the devils and the Satan of satans; he was Sakad, may Allah curse him. Then my Master said: "In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful {"Every time their skins are roasted through, We will replace them with other skins so they may taste the punishment."} 1
‘Ammar said: I said, "To the Face of my Lord belongs all praise." I gathered the spoils and the horses, and we returned to Basra; thus, I witnessed the Great Power of Ali. ‘Ammar said: "And this was one of the [spiritual] excursions (Nuzha)."
[196] The trustworthy Sheikh Abu al-Husayn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Jilli—may Allah be pleased with him—narrated to me, saying: My teacher al-Khusaybi—may Allah ennoble his station—narrated to me, saying: My father Hamdan al-Khasib narrated to me, saying: Yahya ibn Ma’in narrated to me, saying: Muhammad ibn Sinan narrated to me, from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar, from Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju’fi, from ‘Ammar ibn Yasir (peace be upon them), who said: