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and his beard stretched from this side to that, completely filling his upper chest. ʿAwf said, “I do not know whether anything else was mentioned along with this description.” Ibn ʿAbbās replied, “Had you seen him while awake, you could not have described him any better than this.”
لِحْيَتُهُ مَا بَيْنَ هَذِهِ إِلَى هَذِهِ قَدْ مَلَأَتْ نَحْرَهُ. قَالَ عَوْفٌ: وَلَا أَدْرِي مَا كَانَ مَعَ هَذَا النَّعْتِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: لَوْ رَأَيْتَهُ فِي الْيَقَظَةِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تنعته فوق هذا)