An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 243
243 colour, terrifying and of small size. I asked some of those who were planting them: What kind of trees are these? They answered: These are trees of the plague which is about to spread in the country. It remained unclear to me whether it was said that the plague would spread during the coming winter or the winter after, but it was a terrible sight which I saw. ( Ayy a mu s-S ula h , p. 121, R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 4, p. 361)