The Meccan Revelations: Page 348 from Volume Two

A lover who revealed the secret of his beloved, Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Abi al-Sayf told us, Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali told us, al-Muhammad ibn Nasir and Ibn Abd al-Baqi told us, and Yunus ibn Yahya also told us, they said, Hamad ibn Ahmad informed us, Ahmad ibn Abdullah told us, Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Mutawakkli told us, Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Thabit told us. Ali bin Al-Qasim Al-Shahid told us, saying: I heard Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Issa Al-Razi, saying: I heard Yusuf bin Al-Hussein saying: A young man was attending the gathering of Dhul-Nun Al-Misri for a while, then he stopped attending it for a while, then he attended him, his color turning yellow, and his body thinning, and the effects of worship and diligence appeared on him, so Dhul-Nun said to him, “Young man.” What earned you the service of your master and your diligence from the talents that he bestowed on you and bestowed upon you and made special for you? Then the boy said, Professor, have you seen a slave whom his master created fr