And I said to the Angel: “Why1 hast thou brought me up here now, because I2 cannot now see, for I am already grown weak, and my spirit departeth from me?”3 And he said to me: “Remain by me; fear not! And He whom thou seest come straight tow ards us with great voice of holiness4—that is the Eternal One who Loveth thee; but Himself thou canst not see).5 But let not thy spirit grow faint [ on account of the loud crying],6 for I am with thee, strengthening thee.” Abraham, taught by the Angel, utters the Celestial Song and prays for Enlightenment (Chapter XVII.).