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incantations made, Labid attached a twig with the pollen of a male date palm to
the hair and cast it into the deep water well of Zharwan, and told no one into
which well he had cast the twig. The only way to annul the wickedness was to
untie each of the knots that would first have to be recovered from the depths of
the unknown well.
As the sorcery started to work, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
started to feel an indefinable weakness in his body but was unable to discern
what ailed him. When he was offered food he had no desire for it and his
condition deteriorated rapidly, so he supplicated to Allah for a cure. As he slept
he became aware of the presence of two angels, one sat at his head and the
other at his feet who informed him of the reason for his illness and mentioned the
name of the well in which the stands of hair attached to the twig were to be
retrieved and undone. Not long after Gabriel came to him and verified the matter
and gave to him two short chapters to recite containing eleven verses:
"Say: 'I take refuge with the Lord of Daybreak
from the evil of what He has created,
the hair and cast it into the deep water well of Zharwan, and told no one into
which well he had cast the twig. The only way to annul the wickedness was to
untie each of the knots that would first have to be recovered from the depths of
the unknown well.
As the sorcery started to work, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him,
started to feel an indefinable weakness in his body but was unable to discern
what ailed him. When he was offered food he had no desire for it and his
condition deteriorated rapidly, so he supplicated to Allah for a cure. As he slept
he became aware of the presence of two angels, one sat at his head and the
other at his feet who informed him of the reason for his illness and mentioned the
name of the well in which the stands of hair attached to the twig were to be
retrieved and undone. Not long after Gabriel came to him and verified the matter
and gave to him two short chapters to recite containing eleven verses:
"Say: 'I take refuge with the Lord of Daybreak
from the evil of what He has created,