[Machine] And he said, "If there is anything left of prophecy in them, they will inform me about what I ask them about." He then wrote to him, asking him about the galaxy, the arc, and the spot that the sun has never touched except for one hour. He said, "When he came to Muawiyah, the book and the messenger, he said, "This is something that I never thought I would be asked about till this day. Who has this?" It was said, "Ibn Abbas." So Muawiyah rolled up the letter and sent it to Ibn Abbas. He then wrote to him, "Indeed, the arc is a protection for the people on Earth from drowning, and the galaxy is the gate of the sky from which it opens up, and as for the spot that the sun has never touched except for one hour of the day, it is the sea that was opened up for the children of Israel."  

وَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ بَقِيَ فِيهِمْ شَيْءٌ مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ فَسَيُخْبِرُنِي عَمَّا أَسْأَلُهُمْ عَنْهُ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْمَجَرَّةِ وَالْقَوْسِ وَعَنِ الْبُقْعَةِ الَّتِي لَمْ تُصِبْهَا الشَّمْسُ إِلَّا سَاعَةً وَاحِدَةً قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَتَى مُعَاوِيَةَ الْكِتَابُ وَالرَّسُولُ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا لِشَيْءٌ مَا كُنْتُ أُرَاهُ أَنْ أُسْأَلَ عَنْهُ إِلَى يَوْمِي هَذَا مَنْ لِهَذَا؟ قِيلَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَطَوَى مُعَاوِيَةُ كِتَابَ هِرَقْلَ فَبَعَثَ بِهِ إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ «إِنَّ الْقَوْسَ أَمَانٌ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْغَرَقِ وَالْمَجَرَّةَ بَابُ السَّمَاءِ الَّذِي تَنْشَقُّ مِنْهُ وَأَمَّا الْبُقْعَةُ الَّتِي لَمْ تُصِبْهَا الشَّمْسُ إِلَّا سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍ فَالْبَحْرُ الَّذِي أُفْرِجَ عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ»