Summary

Unknown Tales from the ArabicVolume 2… (1901)

Then said she to the villager’s son, ‘Know that I am the woman whom thy father delivered from harm and stress and whom there betided from thee of false accusation and frowardness that which thou hast named.’ And she craved pardon for him and he was made whole of his sickness. [Then said she to the thief, ‘I am she against whom thou liedst, avouching that I was thy mistress, who had been stoned on thine account, and that I was of accord with thee concerning the robbing of the villager’s house and had opened the doors to thee.’ And she prayed for him and he was made whole of his sickness.]
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Unknown Tales from the ArabicVolume 2… (1901)

Here they halted and took up their lodging with the old man, who questioned the husband of his case and that of his brother and the reason of their journey, and he said, ‘I purpose to go with my brother, this sick man, to the holy woman, her whose prayers are answered, so she may pray for him and God may make him whole by the blessing of her prayers.’ Quoth the villager, ‘By Allah, my son is in a parlous plight for sickness and we have heard that the holy woman prayeth for the sick and they are made whole.
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