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 High will say to them, ' Do ye wish for anything which I can add to you? ' They will say, ' Hast thou not made our faces white! hast thou not brought us into paradise and saved us from the fire!' (The Prophet) said, " Then a veil will be raised, and they will look at the face of God Most High; and nothing will be given them which will please them more than the look- ing at their Lord." After that he recited (the words) "For those who do right shall be a most excellent (reward), and a superabundant addition." '* Muslim.

It is related from Abu Dharr that he said, ' I asked the Apostle of God, " Didst thou see thy Lord? " He replied, "(He is) a Light; how should I see Him! " ' Muslim.

It is related from Al Sha'bi that he said, ' Ibn 'Abbas met Ka'b at 'Arafat and asked him concerning a certain thing. Then he said, " God is great," until the mountains returned the echo. Then Ibn 'Abbas said, " We belong to the Bani Hashim." Ka'b replied, " Verily God Most High divided His vision and His conversation between Muhammad and Moses. He spoke to Moses twice; and Muhammad saw Him twice." Masriiq said, "Then I went into 'Ayesha and said, ' Did Muhammad see his Lord? ' She replied, ' Thou hast spoken of something on account of which my hair stands on end! ' I said, ' Gently! Then I recited (the words) ' He certainly saw some of the great- est signs of his Lord.' She said, ' Where are the words taking thee? It was only Gabriel. Whoever tells you that Muham- mad saw his Lord, or that he concealed anything of what he was commanded, or that he knew the five things of which God Most High spoke, that with him is the knowledge of the hour of resurrection, and he sends down the rain, etc., has told a great He. But he saw Gabriel. He did not see him in his proper form except on two occasions : once near the tree $idrutu'l- Muntaha, and once in Ajyad. He had six hundred wings, and he had closed the extremities (of the heavens).' ' ' At Tirmidhi.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRE AND THE INHABITANTS THEREOF

It is related from An Nu'man bin Bashir that, ' The Apostle of God said, " Verily the inhabitant of the fire who is

1 Qur'an, Suratu Yunas (x) 26.