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himself in worship. And it is related on the authority of Azhar ibn Mughith (one of


those devoted to constant prayer) that he said: “I dreamt I saw a woman unlike
earthly women, so I said to her: „Who are you?‟ and she replied: „One of the
maidens of Paradise.‟ I then asked her to marry me and she said: „Put your
proposal to my master, and pay me my dower.‟ „And what is your dower?‟ I
asked. „Long prayers of night vigil.‟ She replied.”

Yusuf ibn Mihran said: “I have heard that beneath the Throne there is an angel in
the shape of a cock. Its talons are of pearl and its spurs of green topaz. When

the first third of the night has passed it flaps its wings, crows and says: “Let those
who get up arise!” When half the night is gone by it again flaps its wings, crows
and says: “Let those who keep vigil arise!” The when two-thirds of the night have
passed it once more flaps its wings, crows and says: “Let those who pray arise!”
Finally when dawn breaks it flaps it wings, crows and says: “Let the heedless
arise, bearing the weight of their sins!”