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26 – Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to me; he said: “Muḥammad ibn Anas al-Asadī related to me: ‘A group of travelers passed by Abraq al-ʿAzzāf and heard an unseen voice proclaiming:
Indeed, whoever makes this world his greatest concern
Is holding on to it by nothing but a rope of illusion.’”
٢٦ - حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ، قَالَ: مَرَّ قَوْمٌ بِأَبْرَقَ الْعَزَّافِ فَسَمِعُوا هَاتِفًا يَقُولُ:
[البحر الطويل]
وَإِنَّ امْرَءًا دُنْيَاهُ أَكْبَرُ هَمِّهِ ... لَمُسْتَمْسِكٌ مِنْهَا بِحَبْلِ غُرُورِ