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Full-version-Shefa-bio-of-Prophet, page : 222
not sorrow, indeed Allah is with us" and the distance between us was just the distance of two or three throws of a spear.
When the Prophet said to me, "The bounty hunter has reached us" and I started to cry. The Prophet asked why I was crying, and I replied, "It is not for myself that I cry, rather, I cry (that harm will come) for you." Whereupon the Messenger of Allah supplicated saying, "O Allah suffice us as You wish from him" and the legs of Suraka's horse sank deeply into a rock up to its belly. Suraka jumped off his horse and exclaimed, "O Muhammad, indeed, I know this is on account of you. Supplicate to Allah to save me from this status, by Allah, I will divert the bounty hunters and those who are behind me who seek you. Take this spear sheath of mine. You will pass by my camels and sheep in such-and-such a place. Take whatever you need from them." The Messenger of Allah graciously declined his offer saying, "I have no need of it" and supplicated for Suraka who then rode off to return to his companions.
When the Prophet said to me, "The bounty hunter has reached us" and I started to cry. The Prophet asked why I was crying, and I replied, "It is not for myself that I cry, rather, I cry (that harm will come) for you." Whereupon the Messenger of Allah supplicated saying, "O Allah suffice us as You wish from him" and the legs of Suraka's horse sank deeply into a rock up to its belly. Suraka jumped off his horse and exclaimed, "O Muhammad, indeed, I know this is on account of you. Supplicate to Allah to save me from this status, by Allah, I will divert the bounty hunters and those who are behind me who seek you. Take this spear sheath of mine. You will pass by my camels and sheep in such-and-such a place. Take whatever you need from them." The Messenger of Allah graciously declined his offer saying, "I have no need of it" and supplicated for Suraka who then rode off to return to his companions.