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« ing to a saying related from Ḥasan [al-Baṣrī], someone mentioned in his presence, ‘There is a man who will leave the Hellfire after a thousand years’, to which Ḥasan responded, ‘If only I were him.’8 It was related from ʿAwn b. ʿAbd Allāh that he said, ‘Luqmān counselled his son, saying: “Have hope in God without feeling secure from His ruse (makr) and fear God without despairing of His mercy.”9 He responded [by asking], “How can I do that when I only have one heart?” He replied: “O my son, the believer has two hearts, one with which he carries hope in God and the other with which he fears Him.”’10 And God knows best. »