The king and the sorcerer
A king had a sorcerer teaching the people; when he aged, he asked for a clever boy to learn his craft.
The Boy and the Monk
A boy who believed in God and taught his people tawhid — told in twelve cards.
The boy
A bright boy was chosen and sent to learn from the sorcerer, passing a monk on the way.
The monk
The boy heard the monk's words and loved them, stopping with him going and coming.
The words
The monk taught him that God is one without partner, and taught him to say: O God.
The beast
A great beast blocked the people's road; the boy raised a stone, prayed, and it fell.
The healing
He began healing the blind and the leper by God's leave, saying: my Lord heals, not I.
Word reaches the king
The king heard, seized the monk, and the people believed; then the boy was taken.
On the mountain top
They carried him to the mountain top to turn him back; he refused, and came down safe by God's leave.
Into the sea
Then they took him to mid-sea; he prayed, God saved him, and the sea took his pursuers.
The secret
He returned and told the king: you cannot end me unless you do as I say — and told him how.
The arrow
He gathered the people, took an arrow from the boy's quiver and said: in the name of the boy's Lord.
The faith
The arrow found the boy and he fell to his Lord, and the people said: we believe in the boy's Lord.
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- The king and the sorcerer
A king had a sorcerer teaching the people; when he aged, he asked for a clever boy to learn his craft. - The boy
A bright boy was chosen and sent to learn from the sorcerer, passing a monk on the way. - The monk
The boy heard the monk's words and loved them, stopping with him going and coming. - The words
The monk taught him that God is one without partner, and taught him to say: O God. - The beast
A great beast blocked the people's road; the boy raised a stone, prayed, and it fell. - The healing
He began healing the blind and the leper by God's leave, saying: my Lord heals, not I. - Word reaches the king
The king heard, seized the monk, and the people believed; then the boy was taken. - On the mountain top
They carried him to the mountain top to turn him back; he refused, and came down safe by God's leave. - Into the sea
Then they took him to mid-sea; he prayed, God saved him, and the sea took his pursuers. - The secret
He returned and told the king: you cannot end me unless you do as I say — and told him how. - The arrow
He gathered the people, took an arrow from the boy's quiver and said: in the name of the boy's Lord. - The faith
The arrow found the boy and he fell to his Lord, and the people said: we believe in the boy's Lord.