He -saww said: ‘(Is it) a gift or (is it) charity?

He -saww said: ‘(Is it) a gift or (is it) charity?’ He said, ‘Gift.’ So he -saww extended his -saww hand and said: ‘In the Name of Allah -azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful.’ And Adaas was a Christian, so when he heard from him -saww , he was astounded from it and went on looking at him -saww . فقال له: «يا عداس، من أين؟» قال: من أهل نينوى. قال: «من مدينة الرجل الصالح أخي يونس بن متى؟» قال: و من أعلمك؟ فأخبره بقصته، و بما اوحي إليه He -saww said to him: ‘O Adaas!

From where (are you)?’ He said, ‘From the people of Nineveh.’ He -saww said: ‘From the city of the righteous man, my -saww brother Yunus -as Bin Matta -as ?’ He said, ‘And who taught you -saww ?’ So he -saww informed him of his -as story and with what had been Revealed unto him -saww .

فقال: و من قبله؟ فقال: «نوح و لوط» و أخبره بالقصة فخر ساجدا لله، و جعل يقبل يديه، و أسياده ينظرون إليه، فقال أحدهما للآخر: سحر غلامك He said, ‘And who were before him -as ?’ He -saww said: ‘Noah -as and Lut -as .’ And he -saww informed him with the story, so he fell down in Sajdah to Allah -azwj , and went on to kiss his -saww hand, and both his masters were looking on at him. So, one of them said to the other, ‘He -saww has bewitched your slave.’ فلما أتاهما، قالا له: ما شأنك، سجدت و قبلت يديه!

فقال: يا أسيادي، ما على وجه الأرض أشرف، و لا ألطف، و لا أخير منه. قالوا: و لم ذلك؟ قال: حدثني بأنبياء ماضية، و نبينا يونس بن متي When he came to them, they said to him, ‘What is your concern, prostrating and kissing his -saww hand?’ He said, ‘O my masters!

There is none more honourable on the surface of the earth, nor kinder, nor better than him -saww .’ They said, ‘And why is that?’ He said, ‘He -saww narrated to me with the (News of the) Prophets -as of the past, and our Prophet Yunus -as Bin Matta -as .’ فقالا: يا ويلك، فتنك عن دينك؟ فقال: و الله إنه نبي مرسل. قالا له: ويحك، عزمت قريش على قتله، فقال، هو و الله يقتلهم و يسودهم و يشرفهم، إن تبعوه دخلوا الجنة، و خاب من لا يتبعه They both said, ‘O woe be unto you!

You are tempted away from your Religion?’ He said, ‘By Allah -azwj ! He -saww is a Mursil Prophet -saww .’ They said, ‘Woe be unto you! Quraysh are determined upon killing him -saww .’ So, he said, ‘By Allah -azwj !