Notwithstanding all their endeavours, their courage and perseverance, they could not reach the summit that day; night came on, and prince Assad was so spent, that he stopped and said to Amgiad, “Brother, I can go no farther, I am just dying.”  “Let us rest ourselves,” replied prince Amgiad, “as long as you will, and have a good heart:  it is but a little way to the top, and the moon befriends us.”

They rested about half an hour, and then Assad making a new effort, they ascended what remained of the way to the summit, where they both at last arrived, and lay down.  Amgiad rose first, and advancing, saw a tree at a little distance.  He went to it, and found it was a pomegranate, with large fruit upon it, and he perceived there was a spring at its foot:  he ran to his brother Assad to tell him the good news, and conduct him to the tree by the fountain side.  Here they refreshed themselves by eating each a pomegranate, after which they fell asleep.

When they awoke the next morning, “Come, brother,” said Amgiad to Assad, “let us go on; I see the mountain is easier to be travelled over on this side than the other, all our way now is down hill.”  But Assad was so tired with the preceding day’s exertions, that he wanted three days’ repose to recover himself.

They spent these days as they had done many before, in conversing on their mothers’ inordinate passion, which had reduced them to such a deplorable state:  but, said they, “Since heaven has so visibly declared itself in our favour, we ought to bear our misfortunes with patience, and comfort ourselves with hopes that we shall see an end of them.”

After having rested three days, the two brothers continued their travels.  As the mountain on that side was composed of several shelves of extensive flat, they were five days in descending before they came into the plain.  They then discovered a large city, at which they rejoiced:  “Brother,” said Amgiad to Assad, “are not you of my opinion that you should stay in some place out of the city, where I may find you again, while I go and inform myself what country we are in, and when I come back I will bring provisions with me?  It may not be safe for us to go there together.”

“Brother,” replied Assad, “your plan is both safe and prudent, and I approve of what you say but if one of us must part from the other on that account, I will not suffer it shall be you; you must allow me to go; for what shall I suffer, if any accident should befall you?”

“But, brother,” answered Amgiad, “the very accident you fear would befall me, I have as much reason to fear would happen to you:  I entreat you to let me go, and do you remain here patiently.”  “I will never consent to this,” said Assad; “if any ill happen to me, it will be some comfort to think you are safe.”  Amgiad was forced to submit, and Assad going towards the city, he stayed under the trees at the foot of the mountain.