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By two royal decrees, your reunion has been brought about, and secondly, we hope for your stay in our land. This is the greatest desire for us to receive blessings from you, O people of the House. You have honored us with what accompanied you, and we hope it will be accepted by you. Were it not for our current preoccupations, the matter would have been more significant. So, with apologies to you, do not forget our prayers. Peace be upon you, and the mercy and blessings of God. Then, the scholar Malik presented a young maiden, and a reply I read afterward, preserved after him. Peace. It has reached us that we are with you, with your entire family and your brother. We presented ourselves to Sheikh Muhammad Kara, and he received from the servant what only God knows of your arrival. As your book forgives you for that, he rejoiced greatly due to the affection between us. What Sheikh Muhammad Kara gifted to your family will be recited to you and will reach you. And we have now honored your noble family with a young, full-breasted maiden. He intended "ka'iba" (young and full-breasted) and "mut'ira" (full of moisture), but the meaning here is not that, due to the ignorance of the scholar. This "ka'iba" and "mut'ira" are mentioned in the description of the houris. He intended that he would give a knowledgeable one, but he erred and said something meaningless here. Her name is Hamida, may she be looked upon with acceptance, as is hoped. Peace. So we took all of that.

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