1652 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Ṣamad narrated to us; Abū al-Ashhab narrated to us, from al-Ḥasan, who said:

“We lived among a people who kept their tongues in check and spread their written pages far and wide; then we remained among a people who locked away their pages but let their tongues run free.”