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Right, my master!
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Even Ali the Great, didn’t fight, but I do!
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O my master, you speak presumptuously because you challenged the
Qur’an!
Görogly
himself sees that he has really gone far beyond the limit, takes all the
warriors’ blankets and sleeps. In his drunken sleep he is captured by
Arap Reýhan. Arap Reýhan boasts of his power while carrying Görogly
away to his lands. So, having been captive to his own arrogance, Görogly
gives Arap some advice even though he is his enemy:
I
stole a sheep from every range,
Looted
all Istanbul,
Scourged
by my arrogance, here to crouch.
Arap,
never be so arrogant!
Görogly
even advises his rival not to be so arrogant. Arap Reýhan’s arrogance
leads to his death and Görogly’s plea for mercy leads him to freedom.
No
one suffers from problems because of his humility, but so many because
of their arrogance!
Soltan
Alp Arslan, who levied tributes on dozens of states, punished his chief
rival with the sentence of death. He ordered:
“Tear
him into four parts with four horses, each tied to a leg or arm! For he
is not an ordinary rival but the Han of rivals.”
His
rival shouts out saying, “You are a coward since you do not grant me a
heroic death!”
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