1. As to the fifty-fourth question and reply, that which you ask is thus: What is the occupation and capacity (giriftârîh) of the person that has to preserve those who are in their three nights’ trials [1], and who is he?
2. The reply is this, that it is said a husband (gabrâ) is indispensable for preservation through the three nights’ trials which shall be for a privileged wife, a father for those of a child, and a master for those of a servant.
(187:2) The three nights after death (see Chap. XXIV). ↩︎