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« the encounter [with Him] and [His] visitation (ziyāra). As to his saying [in the poem], ‘For the one who has beheld God directly [there is no sleep to settle him until the day]’, [he is referring to] a sign of the people of longing (mushtāqūn), for they can enjoy neither sleep nor rest, by day or at night. Among those who were characterised by this trait are Ṣuhayb and Bilāl. Bilāl was one of the people of longing, and so was Ṣuhayb, for »