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strength; he could not. Finally the horse careered towards a group of children. The son of one of the Cizre tribal leaders was standing right in its path. The horse reared up and struck the child between the shoulders with its forelegs. The child fell to the ground under the horse's hooves and began to struggle desperately. After some minutes, those watching reached them. When they saw the child, by then motionless as though dead, they wanted to kill Molla Said. On the tribal leader's servants pulling out their daggers, Molla Said immediately drew his revolver, and said to them:
"If you look at the reality of the matter, Allah killed the child. If you look at the cause, Kel Mustafa killed him, because it was he who gave me this horse. Wait, let me come and look at the child. If he is dead, we can i ht it out later. And dismounting, he picked up the child. When he saw no signs of life in him, he plunged him into cold water and immediately pulled him out. The child opened his eyes and smiled. All the people who had poured onto the spot to watch were dumbfounded.
Molla Said stayed a short time longer in Cizre after this strange incident, then set off with one of his students for some desert country and its nomadic Arab tribes. He had not been there long when he heard that Mustafa Pasa had reverted to his former evil ways, and he returned to advise him to give them up. But it was more than Mustafa Pasa could bear to be dictated to in this way, and it was only on his son's intervention that he refrained from assaulting Molla Said, who then left at the son's request and returned to the Biro desert, this time alone.
Said was attacked twice by bandit nomads in the desert. The second time he would have met his end, but they recognized him and regretting their attack, offered him their protection on the dangerous parts of the road. Molla Said rejected their offers of assistance, and continued on his way alone until several days later he reached Mardin.
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Biography of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi