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Consultation with Antonius the Ascetic
On a mountain close by there lived a wandering hermit named Antonius, residing in a well-known cave. He had renounced the world and all its trappings, and so the six agreed to accept whichever of the three claimants the ascetic might designate.
مُشَاوَرَةُ أَنْطُونْيُوسَ السَّائِحِ وَكَانَ فِي جَبَلٍ بِحَضْرَتِهِمْ رَجُلٌ سَائِحٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَنْطُونِسُ فِي غَارٍ مَعْرُوفٍ مَكَانُهُ، قَدْ تَخَلَّى مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَأَهْلِهَا، فَاجْتَمَعَتْ كَلِمَتُهُمْ بِالرِّضَا بِمَنْ أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ السَّائِحُ مِنَ الثَّلَاثَةِ نَفَرٍ