It is said that the Lord Mûsa was so bashful and reluctant to show his nude body that no one had ever seen it. Complete nakedness not being prohibited among the children of Esrâil, they veiled it not in the presence of each other; but as he was averse to this practice, the wicked among the people slanderously imputed to him a filthy disease.* This falsehood obtained such currency that the Lord of Magnificence ordered, for the purpose of showing Mûsa’s innocence, a stone, upon which he had deposited his garments whilst bathing, to put itself in motion, with the clothes thereon. When Mûsa perceived this he stepped forth naked from the water to obtain his clothes, and was thus compelled to run in pursuit of the stone, which he was unable to overtake until he had passed some of the people, who were able to perceive nothing, except the purity of his august body, and thus became aware of the foulness of their suspicions, so that all the children of Esrâil were compelled unanimously to acknowledge his internal and external purity. After that Mûsa was, by Divine inspiration, commanded to preserve that stone, because it would be needed afterwards. It is said that this rock had four surfaces, from each of which three fountains gushed forth on being struck with the staff; in the beginning the water flowed only in drops, but became gradually so abundant that it sufficed for all the tribes of Esrâil.