Basra and moved forward to board a boat. A man with his slave-girl was already aboard the boat. He said to me, ‘There is no space on the boat.’ The slave-girl interceded with him on my behalf, thus, he allowed me to get on the boat. When we moved forward a little, the man ordered food. The food was brought and he placed it in front of himself. The slave-girl said to him, ‘Invite this poor fellow to have a meal as well.’ So, he also invited me for the meal.

After we had finished the meal, he said to his slave-girl, ‘Bring the wine.’ When she brought the wine, he began drinking it. He asked the slave-girl to give me the wine too, but I refused to drink it. When the person became intoxicated, he said the slave-girl, ‘Bring your musical instrument.’ The maidservant took hold of the musical instrument and began to sing a song. The man then turned his attention towards me and said, ‘Do you have anything like this [song]?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I have something which is much better than this.’ He said, ‘Let me hear.’ So, I recited the first three Ayahs of Surah At-Takweer, part 30 after reciting ‘اَعُوْذُ بِاللہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِیْم’:

اِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْﭪ(۱) وَ اِذَا النُّجُوْمُ انْكَدَرَتْﭪ(۲) وَ اِذَا الْجِبَالُ سُیِّرَتْﭪ(۳)

When the sunlight is rolled up. And when the stars shall fall off. And when the mountains are made to move (i.e. crushed into very minute pieces).

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 30, Surah Al-Takweer, Verses 1-3)

After listening to these verses, the man started weeping. When I reached these words of Allah Almighty ‘وَ اِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَتْﭪ(۱۰)’ (and when the balance sheets of deeds are opened), he said, ‘O maidservant! I free you for the sake of Allah Almighty. Dispose of this wine and break the musical instrument.’ He then called me closer and said, ‘O my brother!