The takhya is the darkness of the nights.

From the same source is al-Kawkab al-Durri, and in al-Manaqib, on the authority of Muhammad bin Muslim, reported in a marfu' manner: "The sun spoke to Ali bin Abi Talib seven times."

[141] It is narrated in some books, among them the treatise Al-Jawhara al-Taliqaniyya, that the People of the Cave (Ashab al-Kahf) responded to him when he greeted them while riding upon the carpet (al-bisat), accompanied by Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas. They responded to him by saying: "And upon you be peace, O First, O Last, O Manifest, O Hidden, O You who are of all things Knowing." It is said that after responding to his greeting, they added: "You are the First, the Last, the Manifest, and the Hidden, and You are, of all things, Knowing."

[142] In a narration that appears in the book Sahifat al-Abrar by its author, Sayyid Mirza Muhammad Taqi, titled Hujjat al-Islam, it states that the youths [of the Cave] answered, saying: "And upon you be peace, O Commander of the Faithful, Master of the Muslims, Imam of the Pious, and Leader of those with radiant foreheads and feet (al-ghurr al-muhajjalin).