[Machine] So the whip was raised and it lashed me on the back, leaving a welt. And he said to me, "Do you think that at this hour, when the Most Merciful descends and prayers are answered, it is appropriate to express oneself through poetry?" And Abdus-Samad said, "The hour in which prayers are answered and mercy descends is.."
فَرَفَعَ هَرِمٌ عَلَيَّ السَّوْطَ فَجَلَدَنِي جَلْدَةً عَلَى الظَّهْرِ الْتَوَيْتُ مِنْهَا قَالَ لِي أَفِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ الَّتِي يَنْزِلُ فِيهَا الرَّحْمَنُ وَيُسْتَجَابُ فِيهَا الدُّعَاءُ تَتَمَثَّلُ بِالشِّعْرِ؟ وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ السَّاعَةُ الَّتِي يُسْتَجَابُ فِيهَا الدُّعَاءُ وَتَنْزِلُ فِيهَا الرَّحْمَةُ