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Updated: May 29, 2025
Such be the seven stages. Quoth Bulukiya, 'Haply Jahannam hath least of torture for that it is the uppermost. 'Yes, quoth King Sakhr, 'the most endurable of them all is Jahannam; natheless in it are a thousand mountains of fire, in each mountain seventy thousand cities of fire, in each city seventy thousand castles of fire, in each castle seventy thousand houses of fire, in each house seventy thousand couches of fire and in each couch seventy thousand manners of torment.
Bulukiya marvelled at the charms of the island but knew that he had strayed from the way he had first taken in company with Affan.
After awhile, there appeared, from the heart of the island, wild beasts of the land, none knoweth their number save Allah the Most High; amongst which Bulukiya noted lions and panthers and lynxes and other ferals; and these land beasts flocked down to the shore; and, foregathering with the sea beasts, conversed with them till daybreak, when they separated and each went his own way.
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that the Queen continued: "Barakhiya said to Bulukiya, 'In two days thou hast come a journey of threescore and ten months; moreover when thou mountedst the mare, she was affrighted at thee, knowing thee for a son of Adam, and would have thrown thee; so they bound on her back these two camels by way of weight to steady her. When Bulukiya heard this, he marvelled and thanked Allah Almighty for safety.
Now the castle and the island belonged to these apes, who, finding the strangers' boat moored to the strand, had scuttled it and after repaired to the palace, where they came upon Janshah and his men seated." Here the Serpent- queen again broke off her recital saying, "All this, O Hasib, was told to Bulukiya by the young man sitting between the two tombs."
We wish thee only to show us the herb which, when pounded and squeezed yieldeth a juice, and this rubbed upon the feet conferreth the power of walking dryshod upon what sea soever Almighty Allah hath created; and when we have found that, we will return thee to thy place and let thee wend thy way. Then Affan and Bulukiya fared on for the hills where grew the herbs; and, as they went about with the Queen, each plant they passed began to speak and avouch its virtues by permission of Allah the Most High.
Wherefore am I resolved to wander over the earth, till I foregather with him; else I shall die of longing for his love. Then he doffed his clothes and donned an Aba gown of goat's hair and coarse sandals, saying, 'O my mother, forget me not in thy prayers. She wept over him and said, 'What will become of us after thee?; but Bulukiya answered, 'I can endure no longer, and I commit my affair and thine to Allah who is Almighty. Then he set out on foot Syria wards without the knowledge of any of his folk, and coming to the sea board found a vessel whereon he shipped as one of the crew.
After awhile she awoke and finding herself in a cage of iron on a man's head and seeing Bulukiya walking beside the bearer, said to him, 'This is the reward of those who do no hurt to the sons of Adam. Answered he, 'O Queen, have no fear of us, for we will do thee no hurt at all.
Hereupon the King, commanding a chair to be set for him by his royal side, bade him sit down and asked him 'Who art thou?; and Bulukiya answered, 'I am a man, and one of the Children of Israel. 'Tell me thy story, cried King Sakhr, 'and acquaint me with all that hath befallen thee and how thou camest to this my land. So Bulukiya related to him all that had occurred in his wanderings from beginning to end."
So Gabriel descended and, saluting Bulukiya, opened the gate to him, saying, 'Enter this door, for Allah commandeth me to open to thee. So he entered and Gabriel locked the gate behind him and flew back to heaven.
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