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has provided me?' " Ahban added, "I clapped my hands and said, `By Allah, I have never seen anything more curious and wonderful than this!' On that the wolf said, `There is something more curious and more wonderful than this; that is, Allah's Apostle in those palm trees inviting people to Allah (i.e. Islam).' " Unais bin 'Amr further said, "Then Ahban went to Allah's Apostle and informed him what happened and embraced Islam."

12. The Mi'raj : The Ascent of the Prophet to the heavens. See Volume I, Hadith No. 345 and Hadith No. 227 Vol. 5 .