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Listen O friends ! said the prophet, as he was, one day, sitting in the mosque ; 

 *' Verfij, the angel Jabrayi'l came to me, bj the favour of the good God : 

 Then jABHAvrL, the messenger of the good God, told me. 

 That after five hundred jears, seventy three sects vv^ould be formed among raj 



people. — 

 Heretics there are of many sorts, but a powerful one is Tdric, 

 He claims the authority of Jabrays'l, and is the enemy of the prophet. 

 O ye servants of God, who maintain the religion of the prophet. 

 This Tdric is like a counterfeit coin (Tanga) that has nothing but the 



stamp of gold ; 

 This Tdric, when he offers Namaz, performs no Wdzu ; 

 He would not perform this, were it not that the people may believe in him. 

 O Tdric! agent of Sa^aw, this is your g,lory> 

 That you are inimical to the learned : { UlemaJ 



Is there any one, O ! accursed ! who is hostile to the learned, like you ? 

 Seize hold of thebrid^le reins of the learned, arid they will conduct you in the 



true path. 

 Listen to the dictates of the learned, for they are the light of a country; 

 Therefore, ye people, great and small, lay hold of the bridle reins of tlie 



learned. . 



The learned sit, as heirs, in the heritage of the prophet ; 

 Behold the learned, they ride in tbe right course, they ride in the way of the 



law, ( Sheridt) 

 Every one who is an infidel, neglects to coofbrm to the law, (Sheridt) and its 



precepts. 

 The Tdric is cursed and accursed, he denies the appearance of God, and his 



life is unprofitable. ;-, * 



O Tdric .' vile heretic, may you suffer utter perdition. 

 Practice not self importance, lest you be entangled in destruction, 

 O Tdric'. hog, imperfect being, accursed of a truth. 

 What enchantment have you practised, that your disciples arc in every house.* 





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