“I feel then,” he said one day to Rogojin in Moscow, “I feel then as if I understood those amazing words⁠—‘There shall be no more time.’ ” And he added with a smile: “No doubt the epileptic Muhammad refers to that same moment when he says that he visited all the dwellings of Allah, in less time than was needed to empty his pitcher of water.” Yes, he had often met Rogojin in Moscow, and many were the subjects they discussed. “He told me I had been a brother to him,” thought the prince. “He said so today, for the first time.”