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The following are excerpts from an Iranian TV series, called "The People of the Cave":
Soldier: Halt! Fabius, you are accused of following the false religion of Jesus the Christian and offending the Roman gods, and you are sentenced to death. Fabius, you shall be crucified. Take him away.
Guard: Move!
Soldier: Adnan, you will be crucified for believing in the religion of Jesus the Christian. Take him away.
Guard: Move! Move!
Soldier: Salamis, you will be crucified for treason and theft. Take him away.
Guard: Move!
Salamis: No, no! Have mercy. I have done nothing!
Soldier: Adonya, you will be crucified for spreading Christianity. Take him away. Go!
Salamis: Have mercy on me! I have done nothing. Have mercy! Let me go, let me go! I beg you not to do this to me! Let me go!
Maximilian: Have you read the holy book?
Man: No. I am illiterate and cannot read.
Maximilian: Listen, I will read you verses from the holy book. It is written in the holy book that in the blessing left by Moses to the Israelites before his death, he told them: "The divine light came from Mount Sinai, shone for the people from Mount Sa'ir, and became public for us from Mount Faran." The light that will become public from Faran is the prophet that our Lord the Messiah has foretold, and his name is Ahmad.
Man: Where is Faran?
Maximilian: Faran?
Man: Yes.
Maximilian: Faran is the valley where Abraham lived with his wife Hagar and his son Ishmael. The prophet, whose name is Ahmad and who is an Ishmaelite, will appear in that valley.
Jew: Look over there! Stop, stop! stop…
Jew: Who are they?
Jew: I don't know.
Jew: I think I know them. Wait, wait. Soldier, who are they?
Soldier: Adonya the preacher and some Christians.
Jew: Really, Who is Adonya?
Soldier: He is the one in the middle.
Jew: Him? Come, we have found Adonya the preacher. Stone him. The accursed!
Soldier: Stop. I told you to stop. He will die anyway. What is the point of stoning him?
Jew: That is exactly what we say. If he will die anyway, what's the harm in stoning him? He has deceived many Jews.
Adonya: Oh the deceived… I don't see in you any remnant of the wisdom Moses passed on to his believers. He said that your soul is your worst enemy, and you have no one to blame but yourself. Be humble…
Jews: Stone him!
Soldier: Adonya has already been punished for his actions. You have no right to punish him.
Jew: Take this. What do you think now? Come. Come with me. Stand here and pretend you see nothing.
Adonya: Woe unto thee, the deceived…
Soldier: He gave me a gold ingot.
Soldier: It's like spoils of war.
Adonya: Woe unto thee, hypocrites. Woe on thee, hypocrites. Woe on thee, hypocrites. Oh you, who have chosen lies and abandoned the tolerant religious laws of mercy, justice, and faith. Woe unto thee. Woe on thee who look good on the outside, but are being destroyed from within…
Maximilian: It is Adonya!
Adonya: Woe unto thee…
Maximilian: What should I do, my Lord?
Adonya: Oh you, who purify the tombs of prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous, but stray from the path of the prophets and do not listen to the righteous. Woe unto thee. Woe unto thee. Woe unto thee, hypocritical oppressors.
Maximilian: Leave him alone, cowards. Leave him alone! Accursed be thee. Accursed be thee.
Maximilian: Adonya. Adonya…
Adonya: Why do you risk your life, Maximilian? I have reached the end of the road, and your efforts are futile.
Maximilian: I will rescue you. I must find a way to do it.
Adonya: Don't worry about me. The moment of union approaches. I have reached the desired target before you. Leave this place. The guards will return shortly. Leave this place, sir. Go away.
Maximilian: How can I leave you alone?
Adonya: He who is with God, God is with him.
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