Babar and the King

In the tafsir of Surah Buruj, with reference to the people of the ditch, we read about the boy and the King in an amazing hadith.  It follows the story of a boy who is chosen to be the apprentice of the King’s ailing magician. Instead, he ends up following a pious man upon Islamic montheism. When the king discovers that the boy has taken a Lord besides him, he is condemned to death. Multiple unsuccessful attempts are made to take his life including trying to throw him off a mountain. In the end, he himself makes a suggestion, .…