547 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father related it to me; Haytham—who is Ibn Khārijah—narrated to us; Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh reported from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAdī al-Bahrānī, from Yazīd ibn Maysarah, who said:

“Allah, exalted is He, says: ‘O young man who has abandoned his passion for My sake and worn out the vigor of his youth on My account, you are in My sight like some of My angels.’”