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Then he wept with exceeding weeping and night came upon him; so

he leant his head against his father's grave and sleep overcame

him: Glory to him who sleepeth not! He ceased not slumbering till

the moon rose, when his head slipped from off the tomb and he lay

on his back, with limbs outstretched, his face shining bright in

the moonlight. Now the cemetery was haunted day and night by

Jinns who were of the True Believers, and presently came out a

Jinniyah who, seeing Hasan asleep, marvelled at his beauty and

loveliness and cried, "Glory to God! This youth can be none other

than one of the Wuldan of Paradise.[FN#399] Then she flew

firmament-wards to circle it, as was her custom, and met an Ifrit

on the wing who saluted her and she said to him, "Whence comest

thou?" "From Cairo," he replied.