The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . e him an Efrcet, of enormous height, who, holding a drawnsword in his hand, approached him, and said, Rise, that I may killthee, as thou hast killed my son. The merchant asked him, Howhave I killed thy son ? He answered, When thou atest the date, andthrewest aside the stone, it struck my son upon the chest/ and, asfate had decreed against him, he instantly THE STORY OF THE MERCHANT AND THE JINNEE. 39 The merchant, on hearing these words,0 exclaimed, Verily to Godwe belong, and veril
The thousand and one nights (Volume 1): commonly called, in England, the Arabian nights' entertainments . e him an Efrcet, of enormous height, who, holding a drawnsword in his hand, approached him, and said, Rise, that I may killthee, as thou hast killed my son. The merchant asked him, Howhave I killed thy son ? He answered, When thou atest the date, andthrewest aside the stone, it struck my son upon the chest/ and, asfate had decreed against him, he instantly THE STORY OF THE MERCHANT AND THE JINNEE. 39 The merchant, on hearing these words,0 exclaimed, Verily to Godwe belong, and verily to Him we must return ! There is no strengthnor power but in God, the High, the Great ! If I killed him, I didit not intentionally, but without knowing it; and I trust in thee thatthou wilt pardon me.—The Jinnee answered, Thy death is indispens-able, as thou hast killed my son :—and so saying, he dragged him,and threw him on the ground, and raised his arm to strike himwith the sword. The merchant, upon this, wept bitterly, and saidto the Jinnee, I commit my affair unto God, for no one can avoid. IP %w-K
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