57 — Al-Husayn ibn Abd al-Rahmān narrated to me. He said: Umar ibn Abd al-Azīz said, “I believe he quoted these verses:

[al-Kāmil meter]

To one who maintains ties with me, I freely give …
a sincerity that is no trifling thing.

If he should stray from his usual ways …
I remedy that in him with gentleness.

A man may fashion his own character, yet whenever …
he is cut off, he reverts to his roots.”