established me, so I submitted to him in obedience. Then he removed from me all the infirmities I suffered. Then my brothers were brought to him—and the King knows well what infirmities were in them—and he healed them both and removed their infirmities, and they stood as sound creations. When we came to our mother and she saw us healed, she let out a gasp and departed from this life. A great grief befell us and our father. When the news reached him, he ordered that my mother be brought and covered with a cloak. He spoke words we did not understand. No sooner had he finished his speech than she moved, sat up, and said to my father: 'O my Lord, this one whom you see'—and she pointed with her hand toward him—'is the one who returned my soul to my body. Know this.' This was the cause of our return from Sun worship, the demolition of the dome, and our entry into his obedience."

The sage who had initially advised believing and answering him stood up and said to the boy: "If the matter is as you mentioned, what does he choose and desire from us to be pleased?"

The boy said: "What pleases him from you is that you fulfill the covenant you made with him, abide by all the conditions that occurred between you and him, hasten to his obedience and answer, enter under his command, and return from Sun worship."

The man who had previously advised opposition stood up and said: "Do you permit me to speak, O King?" He said: "I have permitted you, so speak as you choose."

The man said to the assembled group: "Do you not all know that the Sun illuminates the earth and the sky, that it is in the fourth sphere, and that Venus and Mercury are bound to it and derive from its light? That Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are bound to it and are illuminated by its light? That all the planets and stars are empowered by its light? That when it rises, its light hides all creation? By it, all animals live, the stationary things move, and all plants grow? Any place upon which the sun does not rise, nothing grows, no plant sprouts, and no animal lives. All the