they recognize.” The form they recognize is the one in which a shin is uncovered, whereupon they prostrate to Him. Then they raise their heads, and He has changed into His form in which they saw Him the first time. At that point they follow Him.

In Sahīh Muslim, Ibn Jurayj narrates from Abū al-Zubayr that he heard Jābir being asked about coming to Hell. He replied: “We shall come on the Day of Resurrection from such-and-such—look which one that is—above the people.” He said: