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Saleh Mari said: One day I read out this verse of the Quran to a pious man: The day in which their faces will be turned up side down in Hell. He said: Alas for us, we obeyed God and His Prophet. Then he fell into swoon. When he recovered he said: O Saleh, recite more verses as I am overtaken by fear. Then he recited this verse: Whenever they will wish to come out of Hell, they will be taken back therein'. After hearing this verse, he breathed his last.

It has been narrated that Hazrat Jarrah-b-Abi Aufa was leading the Fajr prayer as Imam. When he recited this verse.
When the Trumpet will be blown, he at once fell down senseless and expired. The saint Yezid Raqqashi once went to Caliph Omar-b- Abdul Aziz who said: O Yezid, give me advice. He said:
O Commander of the Faithful, know that you are not the first Caliph to die. At this he began to weep and said: Give me more advice. He said: O Commander of the Faithful, there was no such

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father between Adam and you Who did not die. At this he began to weep. He said: O Yezid give me more advice. He said: O Commandeer of the Faithful there is no good abode of yours except Hell and Paradise. At this, he fell down senseless.
Maimun-b-Mehran said: When this verse was revealed: Surely Hell was promised for them all, Salman Faresi raised a loud shriek, placed his hands on his head and began to run outside for three days. Nobody could catch him.