Our Beloved Master - His Early Life — Page 50
•oUR BELoVED MASTER• 50 heart back in the chest, patched it up, and left. The village children and H al i mah’s son ‘Abdull a h, who were watching this incident, were frightened beyond measure. Trembling with fear and out of breath, they reached the village, went straight to H al i mah, and told her that a great calamity had occurred! They said, “We were grazing goats with our brother from the Quraish, Muhammad sa , when suddenly, two most handsome men, coming from a mountain pass, approached us. Judging from their pleasing beards, pure and chaste looks, and long, loose cloaks, we took them to be of righteous characters. But they proved to be most cruel. They quickly caught hold of our brother from the Quraish and split open his stomach with a long knife. Seeing this, we ran as fast as we could, lest they caught and slayed us as well. Who knows what happened after we left?” H al i mah was much concerned at learning this frightening news and was worried beyond measure. She was stunned and reached the field in a state of terror. There she saw little Muhammad sa standing all alone. She ran towards him and held him tightly, kissed him on the forehead and said, “My dear son! What has happened here?” The child related to her all that had taken place.