“Cattle,” so the angel gave him a pregnant cow and said, “May Allah bless it for you.”

Next he came to the blind man and asked, “What do you love most?” He replied, “That Allah would restore my sight so I may see people.” The angel touched him, and Allah returned his sight. He then asked, “Which wealth do you like best?” He answered, “Sheep,” so the angel gave him a ewe about to give birth.

The first two men’s animals bred, and this man’s flock multiplied as well, until one possessed a valley full of camels, the second a valley full of cattle, and the third a valley full of sheep.

The angel then came to the former leper in the very shape and appearance he had once had and said, “I am a poor man whose provisions have run out on a journey. I have no means today except Allah and then you. I beg you, by the One who granted you your pleasant complexion, healthy skin, and wealth, for a camel that will carry me on my way.”

He replied, “I have many obligations.”

The angel said, “It seems I recognize you. Were you not a leper whom people shunned, poor, and then Allah enriched you?” He answered, “I have inherited this wealth from father to son.” The angel said, “If you are lying, may Allah return you to what you were.”

He then came to the bald man in his former guise, said to him what he had said to the first, and received the same reply. So he said, “If you are lying, may Allah return you to what you were.”

Finally he came to the blind man in the form he had once had and said, “I am a poor traveller; my supplies have been cut off on the road. I have no means today except Allah and then you. I ask you, by the One who restored your sight to you, for a sheep with which I may continue my journey.” He replied, “I was once blind, and Allah restored—”