ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE 7<>5of faithless, and these happenings fulfilled
the word of god, 'the day on which the smoke
of heaven could be clearly seen.'^122 The terror
of Salman turned each being into water,
and water into sea. Small particles
were clay, and seven angels made the seven
parts of the earth from their own matter.
First, Salman made the east coast of Africa
with all mountains and rivers made of those
who had denied. Miqdad made Hindustan
from the second rank, Abu Zarr made Turkestan
from the third rank, Ammar made Horasan
out of the fourth, and Jondob made Iraq
out of the fifth, Abu Horayra made Egypt
from the sixth, and Komayl made Byzantium
from the seventh rank. Komayl completed
creation of the earth, and it was finished.
The twelve Naqib created the twelve countries:
Sind, Hind, Tibet, Berber, Russia,
Abyssinia, Hazar, Turkestan, Bahrain,
Kuhestan, Armenia, Persia, Maghreb, and Slavia.ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE WORLD
ARE MADE FROM THE UNBELIEVERS
"The twenty-eight Najib angels created
the twenty-eight islands of Hind and Sind,
the island of Ceylon, Alexandria, Constantinople,
Barqius, Ferghana, Arrajan, Sawad, Macin,
the Ionian islands, Gilan, Ifriqia, Askalon,
Nisibin, Malatia, Samarkand, Antiochia,
Tartus, Kis, Oman, the island of Karak,
and Masqat. From them and around the mountains
he also made seven great seas. From matter
he made oil, sulfur, tar, pitch, zak, salt,- Qur'an sura 44.