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 eyes; and it will be twisted round his neck, like a chain, on the day of resurrection: then the serpent will seize the man's jawbones, and will say, 'I am thy wealth, from which thou didst not give in charity; I am thy treasure, from which thou didst not separate any alms.' After this the prophet repeated this revelation. 'Let not those who are covetous of what God of his bounty hath granted them, imagine that their avarice is better for them: nay, rather it is worse for them. That which they have covetously reserved shall be bound as a collar about their necks on the day of resurrection.'"