It is said that the first person who spoke this proverb was an Arab man named Jaber bin Adei who told it to his son Adei when he went out hunting. He mounted his horse and rode far into the desert until his horse stumbled and threw him, causing him great injury. He sought someone to treat him and found a man of a gentle nature named Jaber with his wife. ...
The Arabs have been characterized throughout the ages by bravery and honor, and women are no different from men in this regard. Arab women have also been distinguished by bravery, and this proverb is evidence of the cunning, strength, and courage of the Arab woman. The saying “May Allah have mercy on Muzna” was a saying repeated among some Arab tribes. Muzna is Muzna bint Mansur Al-Matarudi from the Banu Khalid tribe. One day, all the men of her village went to Friday prayer, and the distance between their village Al-Ushayziyah and Unayzah is 7 kilometers. This means that the men would be late, especially since they were accustomed to drinking coffee after prayer at one of their acquaintances and would not return home until after Maghrib prayer. ...
Kalila and Dimna: “The Hunter and the Gazelle” It is told that one day a hunter went to the forest with his bow and hunting tools. He hit a gazelle with his bow, took it, and returned to his home. On his way back, a wild boar blocked his path. When the hunter saw it, he shot an arrow at it. The arrow went far away. The boar attacked the hunter with his strong tusks and struck him with a powerful blow that knocked the bow from his hand. Both fell to the ground dead. ...
There was a merchant in a village who had three sons. The eldest son decided to work abroad. The merchant asked him, “We have no shortage here, so why do you want to go abroad?” But the son wasn’t convinced and obtained everything for his travel on the ship, and he wasn’t convinced. After a few days, he stopped at the port and found a wooden fence saying that whoever returned the princess would be given half the kingdom as a prize. ...
In ancient times, there was a poor farmer living with his daughter in a small house. The city’s ruler had granted them a small piece of land to farm and live from its produce. One day, while the farmer was plowing the land, he found a beautiful golden box. When he opened it, he found it empty. He told his daughter that he intended to give it to the ruler as a gift. ...
Our beautiful Arabic language, oh children, consists of twenty-eight letters. It is distinguished from other languages by containing a letter that has no counterpart in any other language, which is the letter Dhad. Therefore, the Arabic language is called the language of Dhad. The letter Dhad is the fifteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, and it is a solar letter. It can be found in many words, including officer, frog, hyena, fog, ablution, and many other words. We will tell some stories of the letter Dhad. ...
The days laughed at one of the misers, and he became a governor. This governor, despite his miserliness, was hated. People didn’t befriend him, didn’t love him, and couldn’t tolerate his company. Every night, he would send for Ashab to keep him company and make him laugh. But Ashab would flee from him or hide at one of the neighbors because he would stay with this governor all night, talking to him and making him laugh without finding at the end of the night a morsel to satisfy his hungry stomach or a dirham to buy something for his children. ...
No one knew where Mona went after she left the camp, for no one had paid attention to her—everyone was busy with what had happened in the early morning when the occupation soldiers had attacked the houses. They had stormed the doors and broken them down, and they had seized the men and driven them to the square. As for the boys, they didn’t leave a single one; they dragged all of them to the military vehicles. The women screamed, and the small children cried as if fire were burning them. ...
In the beautiful forest with its dense trees, where animals live in different shapes, colors, and sizes, large numbers of huge elephants lived alongside the animals. These elephants cooperated with great love and sincerity with the other animals. In truth, they all understood the value of cooperation in work and in defending one another. Whoever needed help found all the animals behind him, helping him and standing by his side in his affliction. ...
In the small, beautiful village with its wholesome air and flowing river, with its sweet waters and fish playing here and there under the waters, the old fisherman would go out every day with one of his daughters. They worked together, where he would fish and leave to his daughter who accompanied him the task of placing the fish in the vessel they collected inside. The father and his eldest daughter returned one day after catching as many fish as he could for that day. He left to his good wife the task of cleaning and preparing it for lunch. While they were sitting around the table, his daughter Layla, the youngest of his daughters, asked him how he caught those good fish. He answered her that he only puts bait in his hook or net and throws it to them in the water, waiting quietly while glorifying God. ...