Chapter 74 The Story of Sinbad the Navigator-7

At this time, two larger and more fierce whales appeared in the sea, so our ship was surrounded and attacked by three fierce whales, and it was in danger.We were all petrified, nothing but fear.At this time, the storm became more violent, the waves were rough, and a big wave rushed in. The ship finally hit the rocks and was smashed to pieces, and all people and goods fell into the sea. I have weathered many storms, and as soon as I fell into the sea, I quickly took off my clothes, only wore a shirt, and fought against the waves. After swimming for a while, I grabbed a broken boat plank, leaned on it, and let it sink and float in the water.In this harsh environment full of hunger and thirst, I kept complaining to myself, and sighed: "Sinbad the Navigator! You have suffered many times, but you have not learned the lesson and refused to give up the idea of ​​​​sailing. Not sincerely. Even if you have a family of ten thousand wealth, you still have to suffer, because this is the punishment for your insatiable greed. "

When my sanity slowly recovered, I told myself: "After going through this voyage, I figured it out, and I will never go on a sailing trip again." I drifted with the wind, and finally drifted to a coast.When I went up to see it, it turned out to be a big island. Falling on a deserted island again, I looked for a way out everywhere.Later, a large river was found, with rapid current.I was on the scene, and I couldn't help but recall the experience of the previous shipwreck.I thought: "I must make myself a boat like the last time, maybe I can still be saved. If I can escape this time, then I will sincerely repent from now on, reform my mistakes, and never travel by sea again in my life; if this method fails, Then simply die and get rid of the suffering in the world, that's also good."

So I set to work at once, and got some wood, and some twigs and dry grass, twisted them into ropes, and fastened them firmly into a boat. I looked at the boat and said, "If I am saved this time, it will be because Allah has mercy on me and helped me. I deserve to die." Thinking of this, I immediately pushed the boat into the river, sat in it, and drifted with the current. My boat kept swimming, swimming farther and farther, one day, two days, three days... kept moving forward. I slept in the boat, didn't eat anything for three days, and only quenched my thirst with the river water.Due to excessive hunger, fatigue, and fear, I was exhausted and extremely embarrassed.Later, he came to a high mountain and had to pass through the cave.I was afraid that it would be dangerous if I couldn't make it through, so I planned to stop and jumped to the shore.But the current was too fast, and before it could stop, I was rushed into the cave. I had to resign myself to my fate, and only hoped that the great Allah would help me.

Fortunately, after drifting not far, I came out of the hole and came to an open area.What came into view was an endless depression, and the river flowed straight down, making a rumbling sound like thunder.The boat moved forward tactfully in the rapids, and I was frightened, clutching the wood tightly and not daring to move.The water was so violent that I couldn't move. The situation was very critical. Fortunately, I was finally rushed to the vicinity of a large city with beautiful buildings and dense population.The people on the shore saw that I was on the boat and was being washed down by the rapids, so they quickly took out ropes and fishing nets and rescued me to the shore.As I was hungry and tired, I fell to the ground as soon as I reached the shore. Thanks to their first aid, I slowly regained consciousness.

At this time, a very kind old man took great care of me, took off his clothes for me to wear, took me to a bathhouse in the city to take a bath, drank sweet drinks, and brought me to his home, where he fed me with rich food. Meals treat me.After I ate and drank enough, the servant brought me hot water to rinse my mouth and wash my hands, and then the elder ordered to tidy up a side room for me to live in, and ordered the servant to serve me well.After three days, I basically recovered.On the fourth day, the elder came to see me and said to me: "Son, you have recovered! Praise be to Allah, who has brought you to safety! Now will you walk with me to the market, sell your goods, and buy something else?"

I was puzzled by his question, so I kept silent and thought to myself: "Where did I get the goods? Why did he say that?" The elder said to me again: "Son, don't worry, go to the market with me. See if someone buys your goods and the price is right, sell it; if not, put the goods in my storage temporarily." In the room, it will not be too late to sell when the price rises." I thought about it for a while, and thought to myself: "Just do what he said, and go and see what the goods are!" Suspiciously, I followed the old man to the market. When I arrived at the market, I saw that the boat I was in had been dismantled by them. It turned out that the wood used to build the boat was sandalwood, and it was lying there.I saw merchants scrambling to bid for the sandalwood, and after the price increased to 1,000 gold coins, it stabilized.

The elder turned to me and said, "Listen, kid, the current market is at this price. Are you willing to sell at this price?" "Old man, please make up your mind." "Son, I have an extra 100 gold coins for these sandalwood, are you willing to sell them to me?" "Okay, I'll sell it to you." The elder immediately asked the servant to take the sandalwood back home and put it in the storage room.I sat with him home for a while, and he paid me the gold coins, and lent me a cash box to put the money in, locked it up, and gave me the key for safekeeping.After a while, the old man said to me: "Son, I have something to discuss with you, I hope you will obey my wishes."

"What's the matter? Old man, please go ahead and talk about it." "Well, I am over sixty years old and have no children. I only have one daughter. I plan to betroth her to you as my wife so that you can live together. From now on, you will inherit all my own property and status." I didn't know how to answer, and I was speechless for a long time. The elder went on to say: "Son, I am doing this for your own good. If you do it, I will treat you as my own son and leave all the property in my hands to you. In the future, you can do business, or It’s up to you to decide whether to go home or not.”

"I swear to Allah, old man, you are like my own father, this matter is up to you, I listen to you." The elder ordered his servants to invite judges and witnesses, write a marriage certificate, marry his daughter to me as his wife, and hold a grand wedding ceremony. On the wedding night in the bridal chamber, the bride is very beautifully dressed. My bride has the appearance of a closed moon and shameful flowers, and the appearance of a fish falling into a wild goose.We fell in love with each other at first sight, loved each other, and lived a happy and sweet life together ever since.

Later, my old father-in-law died of illness, and I formally inherited his inheritance and became the master of the house.The merchants also elected me to succeed him. Any business transaction must be approved by me before it can be concluded, so I often meet and communicate with people in the city.After a long time, I discovered one of their secrets. They have an abnormal physiological change every month: at the beginning of each month, they grow two wings, fly up, and travel in the air. Only women and children are left in the city.I was puzzled, but also very curious, and thought to myself: "At the beginning of next month, ask someone, inquire about it, maybe they will take me to fly together."

I waited and waited, and when the first month came, I found a man from the city and asked, "By Allah, take me to the sky with you, and then bring me back." "No, it's impossible." He immediately refused. I begged hard, and he reluctantly agreed.Without telling my family, I rode on that person's shoulders and flew with them into the sky, heading straight into the sky, where I could hear the voice of the gods praising Allah.Intoxicated with joy, I exclaimed: "Praise be to Allah! Thank Allah!" As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "beep", and thousands of flames flashed from the sky, almost burning his companion.They ran away in fright, and fell on the top of a high mountain in a blink of an eye.They all complained and blamed me, saying that I shouldn't have yelled in the sky that they had left me and walked away, leaving me alone on the barren hill.I sighed alone: ​​"I deserve to be unlucky, and fell into disaster again." I was desperate, wandering in the mountains, suddenly there appeared in front of me two months old beautiful and lovely children, each of them was holding a golden walking stick.I went over, greeted them, and said: "Swear to Allah, please tell me, who are you and what do you do?" "We are devout followers of Allah," they said, handing me a golden walking stick and disappearing immediately. Walking with a golden cane, I recalled the behavior of the two children and felt very strange.Suddenly, a boa constrictor appeared in front of him with a man in its mouth.The man, who had been swallowed up to his navel by the boa constrictor and was about to die, screamed for help, saying, "Someone come and save me, and Allah will relieve him of his misfortune." I ran over at the sound, raised the golden crutch in my hand, and hit the python head. The man was saved.He walked up to me, very grateful, and said: "You are my savior, from now on I will follow you and serve you for life." "Very well, I welcome you." I replied with relief. After a while, a group of people came towards me. I looked carefully and found that the person who carried me to the sky before was also among them. I hurried over, apologized to him, and begged him to take me back to the city. He put forward a condition that I am not allowed to praise Allah, and I am not allowed to speak indiscriminately.After I agreed, he carried me home.My wife ran out to meet me, wished me a safe return, and told me: "You should learn your lesson. These people are subjects of devils and evil gods. They have no faith, and of course they don't want to praise Allah. From now on, you should have less contact with them." "But your father used to associate with them. What's the reason for that?" "Father isn't like them, and doesn't do what they do. Since my father is dead, I think you can sell your property and go home with the money. My parents are dead now, and I have nothing to worry about, so you take I'll go together." I obeyed my wife's instructions and sold off my property one after another, only waiting for a boat to go home.After waiting for a while, there was no boat to go to sea, so he had to buy and sell the wood, build a big boat by himself, and leave the city with his family and treasure. Our boat sailed through the sea, passed many beautiful cities and islands, and finally arrived in Basra without any problems. I did not stay in Basra, but continued sailing until I returned to my hometown in Baghdad. Relatives, friends and family reunited after a long absence, and they were very kind.They figured out that my seventh voyage took twenty-seven years.During those long years, my whereabouts were unknown, and I didn’t know whether I was alive or dead, which made them worry and miss me so much. Now that I come back suddenly, they are overjoyed. When I narrate the situation and encounters during the journey, they listened. Return safely and pray for blessings. I put away my belongings, and after a sincere and sincere repentance, resolved never to travel by voyage, or to trade.I recalled my previous sailing career, which was full of bizarre, adventurous, and life-threatening situations. Thanks to the blessings of Allah, I was able to return home safely, reunite with my family, and enjoy the quiet pastoral life to support my life. It's all a gift from Allah, so I can only be grateful. Sinbad the navigator told the story of the seventh voyage, and then said to Sinbad the porter: "You, Mr. Sinbad on land, should now understand my adventures and strange encounters in the seven voyages." Come on!" "By Allah, I swear to me, I have misunderstood you, I am so sorry, please forgive me." Sinbad the navigator was merciful, generous, and helped the poor. He always maintained the habit of being generous and hospitable. Happy life.