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The Ghulah came out and seeing him in sore affright (for he was

trembling in every limb? cried, "Wherefore art thou afraid?" and

he replied, "I have hit upon an enemy whom I greatly fear." Asked

the Ghulah, "Diddest thou not say:-I am a King's son?" and he

answered, "Even so." Then quoth she, "Why dost not give thine

enemy something of money and so satisfy him?" Quoth he, "He will

not be satisfied with my purse but only with my life, and I

mortally fear him and am a man under oppression." She replied,

"If thou be so distressed, as thou deemest, ask aid against him

from Allah, who will surely protect thee from his ill doing and

from the evil whereof thou art afraid." Then the Prince raised

his eyes heavenwards and cried, "O Thou who answerest the

necessitous when he calleth upon Thee and dispellest his

distress; O my God !