He was one of the disciples of Edris—o. w. p.—always accompanied him, and greatly profited in wisdom from that mine of prophecy. When Edris had returned from India, and arrived in Persia, he sent Asfilsûf to Babel to establish the ordinances and commandments of religion, in which mission he laboured for a long time, elevating the banners of the religion, until he bade farewell to life in accordance with the decree of fate. The following are some of his sayings: ‘A learned man without works, and a pious man without knowledge, resemble the donkey who toils day and night turning a millstone, but is not aware for what purpose he is doing so.—It is better for one’s reputation to miss aid altogether, than to ask it from a person unable to afford it.—I am astonished at him who abstains from eating noxious food for fear of disease, but refrains not from transgressions, which will bring upon him punishment in the next world.’