One day the young man was on his way. Suddenly he saw a giant beast blocking the public road. He muttered, "Today I want to know which one is greater, the sorcerer or the monk." Then he took a stone and said, "O Allah, if You love the teachings of the monk more than the ones of the Sorcerer, then kill this animal so that the people can go on." Then the young man threw stones at the animal and he succeeded in killing it. Anyone could continue the journey.

Then he went to the monk and told him what he had just done. So the monk said to him, "O my son, today you are superior to me. What happened to you proves that what I think about you is true. And really, you will be tested with various trials. If you are tested, do not show or tell me "

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Translated from "101 Kisah Teladan" written by Muhammad Amin al-Jundi, Indonesian translation by Safrudin Edi Wibowo, Lc