فَأَخَذَهُ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ حَتَّى دَلَّهُ عَلَى...
فَأَخَذَهُ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهِ حَتَّى دَلَّهُ عَلَى الرَّاهِبِ فَوَضَعَ الْمِنْشَارَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَشَرَ حَتَّى وَقَعَ شِقَّتَيْنِ فَقَالَ لِلْغُلَامِ: ارْجِعْ عَنْ دِينِكَ فَأَبَى فَأَرْسَلَ مَعَهُ نَفَراً قَالَ اصْعَدُوا بِهِ جَبَلَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَإِنْ رَجَعَ عَنْ دِينِهِ وَ إِلَّا فَدَهْدِهُوهُ مِنْهُ So, he seized him and would not let him go until he pointed to the monk. So he banged the saw upon him until it fell into two pieces, and he said to the boy, ‘Return from your Religion’.
But he refused. So he sent a number (of people) with him, saying, ‘Ascend such and such a mountain with him, and if he returns from his Religion, (then fine), or else roll him down from it’. قَالَ: فَعَلَوْا بِهِ الْجَبَلَ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِيهِمْ بِمَا شِئْتَ فَرَجَفَ بِهِمُ الْجَبَلُ فَتَدَهْدَهُوا أَجْمَعُونَ وَ جَاءَ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ فَقَالَ: مَا صَنَعَ أَصْحَابُكَ؟ فَقَالَ: كَفَانِيهِمُ اللَّهُ He -saww said: ‘So they took him to the top of the mountain, and he said, ‘O Allah -azwj !
Suffice them with whatever You -azwj so Desire to’. The mountain shook with them, and they all rolled down and he came to the king. He said, ‘What did your companion do?’ He said, Allah -azwj Sufficed them’.
فَأَرْسَلَ بِهِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى قَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا بِهِ فَلَجِّجُوهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَإِنْ رَجَعَ وَ إِلَّا فَأَغْرِقُوهُ فَانْطَلَقُوا بِهِ فِي قُرْقُورٍ فَلَمَّا تَوَسَّطُوا بِهِ الْبَحْرَ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِيهِمْ بِمَا شِئْتَ، فَانْكَفَأَتْ بِهِمُ السَّفِينَةُ وَ جَاءَ حَتَّى قَامَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْمَلِكِ فَقَالَ: مَا صَنَعَ أَصْحَابُكَ؟ فَقَالَ: كَفَانِيهِمُ اللَّهُ So he sent (more people) with him once again. He said, ‘Go with him and chuck him into the sea.
So if he return, (the fine), or else drown him’. So they went with him in a long ship, and when they were in the middle of the sea with him, he said, ‘O Allah -azwj ! Suffice them with whatever You -azwj so Desire to’. The ship overturned with them, and he came until he stood in front of the king. He said, ‘What did your companion do?’ He said, ‘Allah -azwj Sufficed them’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّكَ لَسْتَ بِقَاتِلِي حَتَّى تَفْعَلَ مَا آمُرُكَ بِهِ اجْمَعِ النَّاسَ ثُمَّ اصْلِبْنِي عَلَى جِذْعٍ ثُمَّ خُذْ سَهْماً مِنْ كِنَانَتِي ثُمَّ ضَعْهُ عَلَى كَبِدِ الْقَوْسِ، ثُمَّ قُلْ: بِاسْمِ رَبِّ الْغُلَامِ فَإِنَّكَ سَتَقْتُلُنِي Then he said, ‘You won’t be able to kill me until you do what I am instructing you with.
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