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group of men who were told to take him out in a big ship into the
middle of the sea, and if he still persisted in his refusal to abandon
his faith to throw him into the sea. The king's men took him and he
supplicated once again saying, „Allah, save me from these people in
whatever manner You will.‟ Then the boat sank and they were
drowned, except the young man who returned to the king. The king
asked, „What has happened to your companions?‟ He replied, „Allah
has saved me from them‟ and added, „you will be unable to kill me
unless you do as I tell you.‟ The king asked, „How is that?‟ The
young man answered, „Gather the people together in an open area
and hang me from the trunk of a palm-tree. Then, take an arrow
from my quiver, place it in the middle of a bow and say, 'In the Name
of Allah, the Lord of this young man,' and shoot it at me, if you do
this, you will kill me.‟

The king did just that. The people were assembled in an open area
and the young man was hanged from the trunk of a palm-tree. The
king took an arrow from his quiver, placed it in the middle of the bow
and said, 'In the Name of Allah, the Lord of this young man,' and