358 - Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn narrated to me: He said: Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Thaqafī narrated to me: He said: ʿĪsā b. Zādhān would sometimes become tender-hearted in his gathering, weep, and draw ʿAmmār b. al-Rāhib close to him, then say in that sorrowful voice of his:
Sufficient for you, O ʿAmmār, from a transient abode ... are gardens wherein the good is that they trail in garments
And they walk gently in the gardens before them ... tents of hollowed pearls among the garments
When a houri appears, she is surrounded by splendor ... and Firdaws shines, while the people are occupied
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The mutual jesting of spouses for every honored one ... upon beds of brocade, and life has become perfect
And the youths circulate around them from every side ... and it is called out: The friend of God is rewarded for what he has done
He said: By God, he would embrace him, then they would weep together until this one fell here unconscious, and that one fell there unconscious.
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