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were already familiar with them。”

In  this  manner;  the  conversation  turned  to  the  differences  between  the

deaths of Veians and Ottomans; to the Angel of Death and the other angels

of  Allah;  and  how  they  could  never  be  appropriated  by  the  artistry  of  the

infidels。  The  young  master  who  is  presently  staring  at  me  with  his  beautiful

eyes in our dear coffeehouse was disturbed by these weighty words; his hands

grew impatient; he longed to depict me; yet he had no idea what kind of entity

I was。

The sly and calculating old man who wanted to beguile the young master

caught the scent of the young man’s eagerness。 In the shadowy room; the old

man bore his eyes; which glowed in the light of the idly burning oil lamp; into

the miracle…handed young master。

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“Death; whom the Veians depict in human form; is to us an angel like

Azrael;” he said。 “Yes; in the form of a man。 Just like Gabriel; who appeared as

a  person  when  he  delivered  the  Sacred  Word  to  Our  Prophet。  You  do

understand; don’t you?”

I   realized   that   the   young   master;   whom   Allah   had   endowed   with

astonishing  talent;  was  impatient  and  wanted  to  illustrate  me;  because  the

devilish old man had succeeded in arousing him with this devilish idea: What

we   essentially   want   is   to   draw   something   unknown   to   us   in   all   its

shadowiness; not something we know in all its illumination。

“I am not; in the least; familiar with Death;” said the miniaturist。

“We all know Death;” said the old man。

“We fear it; but we don’t know it。”

“Then it falls to you to draw that fear;” said the old man。

He was about to create me just then。 The great master miniaturist’s nape

was  tingling;  his  arm  muscles  were  tensing  up  and  his  fingers  yearned  for  a

reed pen。 Yet; because he was the most genuine of great masters; he restrained

himself; knowing that this tension would further deepen the love of painting

in his soul。

The wily old man understood what was happening; and aiming to inspire

the youth in his rendition of me; which he was certain would be pleted

before long; he began to read passages about me from the books before him:

El…Jevziyye’s Book of the Soul; Gazzali’s Book of the Apocalypse and Suyuti。

And so; as the master miniaturist with the miracle touch was making this

portrait; which you now so fearfully behold; he listened to how the Angel of

Death  had  thousands  of  wings  which  spanned  Heaven  and  Earth;  from  the

farthest  point  in  the  East  to  the  farthest  point  in  the  West。  He  heard  how

these wings would be a great fort to the truly faithful yet for sinners and

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