1851 – ʿUbayd Allah b. Ahmad informed us; he said: al-Ḥusayn b. Ismāʿīl narrated to us; he said: Muḥammad b. Khalaf al-Muqriʾ narrated to us; he said: Abū Yaḥyā al-Himmanī narrated to us; he said: Misʿar narrated to us; he said that Abū Talq recited:

“Life is nothing but the swing of night and day,
and people are only believer or denier.
If you insist on being nothing but believer or denier,
then you, O most witless of men, are bound to perish.”