My father narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hashim narrated to me from his father from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from Hisham b. Salim from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said:

One day, Dawud went to recite the Psalms. Whenever he would recite the Psalms, there would not remain a mountain, a stone, a bird, nor a creature except that it would repeat after him. So, he did not stop walking until he reached a mountain. Upon that mountain was a cloistered prophet called Hizqil. When he heard the sound of the mountains and the voices of the creatures and the birds, he knew that it was Dawud . So, Dawud said: O Hizqil! Do you permit me to climb up to you? He said: No. So, Dawud wept. So, Allah revealed to him: "O Hizqil! Do not humiliate Dawud and ask Me for My forgiveness." So, Hizqil stood, took the hand of Dawud, and helped him up to him. So, Dawud said: O Hizqil! Have you ever been tempted to sin? He said: No. He said: Have you ever been alarmed by your state of worshiping Allah? He said: No. He said: Have you went into this world and wanted to take from its lustful and pleasurable things? He said: Of course -- perhaps it came to my heart. He said: What do you do when that happens? He said: I go to this cave and I contemplate over it. He said: So, Dawud went to that cave and came across an iron bed with a decomposed skull and withering bones atop it. He came across an iron tablet with writing on it. Dawud read it and it said: "I am Arwa Shalam. I ruled for one thousand years, I built one thousand cities, and I had sex with one thousand virgins. Yet, in the end, dust became my bed, rocks became my masters, and worms and snakes became my neighbours. To whoever sees me: do not be deceived by this world."