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of theirs, coming to attend to their needs. They will say, ‘Come back to us tomorrow.’ Then Allah will strike them by night, bring down the mountain, and transform others into monkeys and pigs until the Day of Resurrection.”
Abū al-Qāsim said: It has been related that a man recited poetry before the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, saying:
… She approached, the sides of her face gleaming like jet
لَهُم يَأْتِيهم لحاجتهم فَيَقُولُونَ ارْجع إِلَيْنَا غَدا فيبيتهم الله وَيَضَع الْعلم ويمسخ آخَرين قردة وَخَنَازِير إِلَى يَوْم الْقِيَامَة
وَقَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِم وَقد روى أَن رجلا أنْشد بَين يَدي النَّبِي صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم فَقَالَ ... أَقبلت فلاح لَهَا عارضان كالسبج ...