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part one
The Prophet continued:
Then he stayed in Paradise as long as God willed, after which he
was cast down. Adam himself kept account of his years, and then
the Angel of Death came to him. Adam said: “You have come too
soon. A thousand years were ordained for me.”
“Indeed,” replied the angel, “but you gave sixty of your years to
your son David.”
Adam denied, and his progeny denied. He forgot, and his
progeny forgot.
The Prophet added that, since that day, written proof and witnesses have been
made compulsory.
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