There is no longer any connection between him and you.' Then the man in hell whimpered, 'Woe! woe! woe! Let my five brothers who still dwell on earth know that they must be merciful to the poor, so that they may not be in my case.

And Abraham said: 'They have the prophets on earth who tell them that every day.' Then the man whined: 'Oh, Father Abraham, they do not listen to the prophets.

If only you would make one of the dead live again, that he might tell them how the unmerciful are punished, then they would believe.

And Abraham: 'If they do not believe the living, how should they believe the dead ?" During the Master's recital, the host several times stretched forth his hand to his glass, but each time drew it back again.

He had not a word to say, and the desire to lay snares for the Prophet had gone.