Jesus said to them...

Jesus said to them, “Whoever is most righteous in deeds among you should uncover it and mention the Name of Allah over it then eat of it.” Shemon (Simon) al-Safa said, “You are more fit to do so than any of us.” Jesus stood up, made his ablution, offered lengthy prayers and kept weeping for quite some time.

Then he removed the sheet that had covered it saying, Bismillah (in the Name of Allah), the best of sustainers.” It was a roasted fish the scales and the bones of which had already been removed. So fat it was that it seemed as if it was floating over oil. At its head there was salt, and at its tail there was vinegar, and it was surrounded by many types of vegetables with the exception of leek. There were five loaves of bread on it. On the first of them there were olives.

On the second there was honey. On the third there was oil, and on the fourth there was jerked meat. On the fifth there was cheese. Simon said, “O Ruhullah! Is this earthly, or is it from the food of the afterlife?” Jesus said, “What you see is neither the food of the life of this world nor of that of the Hereafter.

Rater, it is something which Allah has innovated through His overwhelming Might; so, eat of what you have asked for, and He will provide you with an increase of His favors.” They said, “O Ruhullah! Could you please show us a miracle derived from this one?” Jesus said, “O fish! Come back to life by the permission of Allah!” The fish shook and its scales and bones came back to it, whereupon the disciples were frightened of it.

Jesus asked them, “What is the matter with you that you ask for things which, when granted, you dislike?” Then he added, “How worried I am about you that you should ever be chastised! O fish! Go back to your former state by the permission of Allah!” The fish resumed its former state, a roasted fish, just as they had seen it before. They said, “O Ruhullah!

Be the first to eat of it, then we will eat after you.” Jesus said, “God (90) forbid that I should eat of it; rather, those who asked for it shall eat of it.” But they were apprehensive of eating of it; so, Jesus invited the indigent, the sick, the leprous, and those afflicted with other ailments to come and eat of it. He said to them, “Eat of the sustenance of your Lord! Yours shall be the joy, and affliction shall be others' lot!” So they ate of it.