2186 – Ahmad ibn Muhammad narrated to us; ‘Uthman ibn Ahmad narrated to us; Ibrahim ibn ‘Abd Allah narrated to us; Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-A‘la al-San‘ani narrated to us; Bishr—meaning Ibn al-Mufaddal—narrated to us; al-Taymi, from Aslam, from Abu Murayah, from Abu Ayyub, from ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Amr, said:

“The two angels entrusted with the blowing in the lowest heaven stand in constant readiness, watching for the moment they will be commanded to blow the Trumpet (ṣūr). The head of one reaches into the east while his feet are in the west, and the head of the other is in the west while his feet are in the east.”