"By my father and mother, O Abū 'Abdallāh ! You have exposed yourself to death. May God accept my life for yours!"

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“O my grief! Your life will be violently wrenched from you and that is more wounding to my heart and harsher to my soul.”

“By God! You are a liar! By God! You are too lowly born! Such a thing is not for you, nor for him. No, by God! God would only let you do that if you left our faith and professed belief in another religion. You, your father and your grand-father have been guided by the religion of God, the religion of my father, the religion of my brother and my grand-father. You, a commander who has authority, are vilifying unjustly and oppress with your authority.”

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