the water ran out. She said, “Let me go and look—perhaps I will notice someone.” So she went, climbed al-Ṣafā, scanned and scanned to see whether she could spot anyone, but she saw no one. When she descended into the valley she hurried, then reached al-Marwa and did the same, going back and forth several times.

Then she said, “Let me go back and see how the child is.” She went and looked, and he was still lying there as before, as though he were gasping in the throes of death. Her heart would not allow her to stay, so she said, “Let me go and look again—perhaps I may perceive someone.” She went, climbed al-Ṣafā, looked and looked, yet detected no one until she had completed seven circuits.

Then she said, “Let me go and see what has happened.” As she approached, she heard a voice and cried out, “Help me, if you have any good to offer!”—and there was Gabriel, peace be upon him. He struck the ground with his heel like this, pressing it into the earth, and water burst forth. The mother of Ishmael was astounded and began to scoop it up…

He related the ḥadīth in full.

Al-Bukhārī transmitted it in all these versions.
• al-dawḥa: a large tree.
• The word “qif ” means “turn away.”
• al-jari: a messenger.
• al-fī (alfā) means “he found.”
• The expression “yanshagh” means “he was gasping.”

1866 – Saʿīd ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say, “The truffle is part of the manna, and its juice is a cure for the eye.” Agreed upon.