Hadith 28

, it is a perforation of the sky. From it descended the torrential water upon the people of Noah-as. And as for the ‘Quzh’ rainbow, so do not say ‘Quzh’, for ‘Quzh’ is Satan-la. But, it is a rainbow of Allah-azwj, a security from the drowning. And as for the effacement which is in the moon, the illumination of the moon used to be like the illumination of the sun, but Allah-azwj Erased it and Said in His-azwj Book: then We Erased the Sign of the night and We Made the Sign of the day to be visible, [17: 12]. And as for the first thing sprinkled upon the surface of the earth, it is the valley of Dalas. And as for the first thing to have been shaken upon the surface of the earth, it is the palm tree. And as for the spring at which the souls of the Momineen shelter to, it is a spring called Salman; and as for the spring at which the souls of the Kafirs shelter to, it is a spring called Barhout. And as for the effeminate, it is the human being who does not know whether he is a woman or a man. He should be awaited with up to the puberty. If he was a woman, her breasts would appear, and he was a man, his beard would come out, and else it would be said to him to urinate at the wall. If his urine hits the wall, he is a man, and if it falls short just as the urine of the camel falls short, she is a woman. And as for the ten things, some of them being stronger than others, so the strongest thing Allah-azwj Created is the stone, and stronger than the stone is the iron, and stronger than the iron is the fire, and stronger than the fire is the water, and stronger than the water is the cloud, and stronger than the cloud is the wind, and stronger than the wind is the Angel, and stronger than the Angel is the Angel of death, and stronger than the Angel of death is the death (itself), and stronger than the death is the Command of Allah-azwj’. The Syrian said, ‘I testify that you-asws are a son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww, and that Ali-asws is a successor-asws of Muhammad-saww’. Then he wrote these answers and went with these to Muawiya, and Muawiya gave it to Ibn Al-Asfar. When he came to him, he said, ‘I testify that this isn’t from Muawiya, and it is not, except from the presence of the mine of Prophet-hood’’. [104]