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2605-2614

  • The palace-door was fastened from the inside, for he was fatigued by people's visits. 2605
  • Suddenly he was awakened by a man, (but) when he opened his eyes the man vanished.
  • He said (to himself), “No one had entrance to the palace: who is he that has shown such impudence and boldness?”
  • Then he went round and searched in order to find the trace of that one who had become hidden (from sight).
  • Behind the door he espied a luckless man who was hiding his face in the door and the curtain.
  • “Hey,” he cried, “who are you? What is your name?” “(To speak) plainly,” said he, “my name is Iblís the damned.” 2610
  • He (Mu‘áwiya) asked, “Why did you take pains to awaken me? Tell the truth, don't tell me what is reverse and contrary (to the fact).”
  • How Iblís gave Mu‘áwiya, may God be well-pleased with him, a fall, and practiced dissimulation, and how Mu‘áwiya answered him.
  • He said, “The time for prayer is (all but) come to an end: you must run quickly to the mosque.
  • Mustafá (Mohammed) said, boring the pearl of the idea, ‘Make haste to perform your devotions before the time is past.’”
  • He (Mu‘áwiya) said, “Nay, nay; ’tis not thy purpose to be my guide unto any good.