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  • They prostrated themselves before him, crying, “Mercy! Make us thy thralls, (but) spare our lives!
  • Whatever thou requirest (in the way of) tribute or presents will come to thee from us with increase (abundantly) at every fixed time (of payment).
  • Our lives are thine, O lion-natured (prince): let them be on deposit with us for a (little) while.”
  • He replied, “Ye will not save your lives from me unless ye bring an Abú Bakr into my presence. 850
  • Unless ye bring to me as a gift from your city one whose name is Abú Bakr, O people who have fled (from righteousness),
  • I will mow you down like corn, O vile folk: I will accept neither tribute nor blandishments.”
  • They offered him many sacks of gold, saying, “Do not demand an Abú Bakr from a city like this.
  • How should there be an Abú Bakr in Sabzawár, or a dry sod in the river?”
  • He averted his face from the gold and said, “O Magians (infidels), unless ye bring me an Abú Bakr as an offering, 855
  • ’Tis of no avail. I am not a child that I should stand dumbfounded (fascinated) by gold and silver.”