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268 Jesus, Prophet ofIslam

Aman accompanied Jesus, son of Mary, peace be upon

him, and said, '1 will be with you and will accompany

you.' 50 they set off and came to the bank of a river and

sat down to breakfast; and they had three loaves. They

ate two loaves, and a third loaf was left over. Then Je­

sus, peace be upon him, rose up and went to the river

and drank, after which he retumed, but did not find the

loaf; so he said to the man, 'Who took the loaf?' He re­

plied, '1 do not know.'

Then he set off with his companion and saw a gazelle

with two of her young. The narrator said: he caIled one

of them and it came ta him; then he cut its throat and

roasted part of it, and he and that man ate. Then he said

to the young gazelle, 'Rise, by the permission of God.'

When it arase and went away, he said to the man, '1ask

you by Him Who has shown you this sign, who took

the loaf?' He replied, '1 do not know.'

Afterwards they came to a wadi with water in it and

Jesus took the man's hand and they walked on the wa­

ter. Then, when they had crossed, he said to him, '1 ask

you by Him Who has shawn you this sign, who took

the loaf?' He replied, '1 do not know.'

Then they came to a desert and sat down, and Jesus,

peace be upon hirn, began to colled earth and a heap of

sand, after which he said, 'Become gold, by the permis­

sion of God, Exalted be He!' It became gold, and he di­

vided it into three parts and said, 'A third is for me, a

third for you, and a third for him who took the loaf.'

Then he said, '1 am the one who took the loaf.' He said,

'It is aIl yours.'

Jesus, peace be upon him, thenleft him, and two men

came to hirn in the desert while he had the wealth with

him and wished to take it from hirn and kill him. He

said, 'It is among us in thirds; sa send one of you to the

village to buy food for us to eat.'

The narrator said: they sent one of them, and he who

was sent said to himself, 'Why should 1 divide this

wealth with these men? 1 shaIl put poison in this food

and kill them and take the wealth myself.' 50 he did so.

And these two men said, 'Why should we give this man

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