٢٦-٣ قال: فما السبعون؟ قال: اختار موسى قومه سبعين رجلا لميقات ربه عز وجل، قال: فما الثمانون؟ قال: قرية بالجزيرة يقال لها ثمانون منها قعد نوح في السفينة واستوت على الجودي، وأغرق الله القوم، قال: فما التسعون؟ قال: الفلك المشحون اتخذ نوح عليه السلام فيه تسعين بيتا للبهائم،قال: فما المائة؟ قال: كان أجل داود عليه السلام ستين سنة فوهب له آدم عليه السلام أربعين سنة من عمره فلما حضرت آدم الوفاة جحد فجحدت ذريته. فقال له: يا شاب صف لي محمدا كأني أنظر إليه حتى أومن به الساعة، فبكى أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام ثم قال: يا يهودي هيجت أحزاني كان حبيبي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله صلت الجبين، مقرون الحجابين، أدعج العنين، سهل الخدين، أقنى الانف، دقيق المسربة، كث اللحية براق الثنايا، كان عنقه إبريق فضة، كان له شعيرات من لبته إلى سرته، ملفوفة كأنه قضيب كافور، لم يكن في بدنه شعيرات غيرها، لم يكن بالطويل الذاهب ولا بالقصير النزر، كان إذا مشى مع الناس غمرهم نوره، وكان إذا مشى كأنه يتقلع من صخر أو ينحدر من صبب، كان مدور الكعبين، لطيف القدمين دقيق الخصر عمامته السحاب، وسيفه ذوالفقار، وبغلته دلدل، وحماره اليعفور، وناقته العضباء، وفرسه لزاز، وقضيبه الممشوق، وكان عليه السلام أشفق الناس على الناس، وأرأف الناس بالناس،كان بين كتفيه خاتم النبوة مكتوب على الخاتم سطران أما أول سطر فلا إله إلا الله وأما الثاني فمحمد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله هذه صفته يا يهودي. فقال اليهوديان: نشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وأنك وصي محمد حقا، فأسلما وحسن إسلامهما ولزما أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام فكانا معه حتى كان من أمر الجمل ما كان، فخرجا معه إلى البصرة فقتل أحدهما في وقعة الجمل، وبقي الآخر حتى خرج معه إلى صفين فقتل بصفين
26-3 The Jew asked, ‘What are the seventy?’ Ali (MGB) replied, ‘This refers to the seventy persons which Moses chose from amongst his family to take to the place of meeting his Lord - the Honorable the Exalted God.’ The Jew asked, ‘What are the eighty?’ Ali (MGB) replied, ‘Eighty here refers to the name of a village in an island where Noah boarded his ark and then landed on Judi and God drowned his tribe.’The Jew asked, ‘What are the ninety?’ Ali (MGB) replied, ‘It refers to the Ark in which Noah built ninety compartments for living creatures.’The Jew asked, ‘What are the one-hundred?’ Ali (MGB) replied, ‘David’s (MGB) life was only sixty years, but Adam (MGB) donated forty years of his own life to David (MGB). When Adam’s time of death arrived, he denied it. It was from then on that that denying the truth passed on from him unto his progeny.’ The Jew said, ‘O young fellow! Please describe Muhammad for me as if I am looking at him myself so that I may believe in him.’ The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) cried and said, ‘O Jew! You have renewed my sorrow. My friend Muhammad - the Prophet of God - was a large-foreheaded man; with joined brows; black eyes; smooth cheeks; a cute nose; tiny lips; dense beard; shiny teeth; with a silver color neck; and a line of hair from the throat down to his belly button like a camphor branch with no hair elsewhere. He was neither too tall nor too short. When he walked his light encompassed everyone around him: he walked firmly as if he was climbing a hill or going down a hill; He had round heels, delicate feet and a thin waist. His turban was As-Sahab; his sword Dhul Fiqar ; his mule was Doldol ; his donkey was Ya’fur; his camel was Kaswa; his horse was Lizaz; and his staff was al-Mamshuq. He (MGB) was the kindest person with other people. He (MGB) was the most gentle person with other people. The seal of Prophethood was placed between his two shoulders. There were two lines written on that seal. The first line read, ‘There is no god but God’ and the second line read, ‘Muhammad is the Prophet of God. Well. Dear Jewish fellow! These were his characteristics.’ The two Jewish men said, ‘We bear witness that there is no god but God; Muhammad is the Prophet of God; and you are the Trustee of Muhammad.’ They became true Muslims and became companions of Ali (MGB). They were with him (MGB) until the Battle of Jamal when they accompanied Ali (MGB) to Basra. One of them was killed there and the other one survived until he accompanied Ali (MGB) in the Battle of Siffin and was killed in that battle.”