Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 14311a
"رأَيتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرى بى -لَمَّا انْتَهيْنَا إِلَى السَّماء السَّابعَة- فَنَظَرْتُ فَوْقِى، فَإذَا أَنَا بِرَعْدٍ، وبرق، وَصَوَاعِقَ، فأَتَيْتُ علَى قَوْمٍ بُطُونُهُم كَالبُيُوَت، فِيهَا الحيَّاتُ، تُرى مِن خَارجِ بُطُونِهِم، قُلتُ: مَنْ هؤُلاءِ يا جبريلُ؟ قال: هؤُلاءِ أَكَلَةُ الَرِّبا، فَلَمَّا نَزَلْتُ إِلى السَّماء الدنيا نظرتُ أَسْفَلَ مِنِّى، فَإِذا أَنَا بِوَهجٍ ودُخَانٍ، وأَصْواتٍ، فقلتُ: ما هذَا يا جبريلُ؟ قال: هذِه الشياطِينُ يحُومُون علَى أَعين بنى آدم أَلَّا يتفكرون في ملكَوتِ السمواتِ والأرض، ولولَا ذَلكَ لَرأَوُا العجائب".
Translation
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"On the night I was taken on the Night Journey, when we reached the seventh heaven, I looked above me, and behold, there was thunder, lightning, and thunderbolts. Then I came upon a people whose bellies were like houses, in which there were snakes that could be seen from outside their bellies. I said: Who are these, Jibrīl? He said: These are those who consume usury (ribā). Then when I descended to the lowest heaven, I looked below me, and behold, there was a glare, smoke, and voices. I said: What is this, Jibrīl? He said: These are the devils hovering around the eyes of the children of Adam, so that they do not reflect upon the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Had it not been for that, they would have seen wonders."
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Notes
[حم] أحمد عن أَبى هريرة
machine translation[Ḥā-Mīm] Aḥmad, from Abū Hurayrah.
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