Humor

It is told that a cobbler named Asfour lived in the ancient city of Baghdad, and he had a wife named Jarada. She reminded him every day of his poverty and his inability to provide a more comfortable life for her. One day, while Jarada was walking in the market, she saw a lady wearing a luxurious robe, her fingers adorned with diamond rings, pearl necklaces hanging from her chest, gold earrings dangling from her ears, and a group of beautiful maidservants walking around her. ...

The events of this story take place in a distant time. At that time, Juha was sitting in his house feeling extremely bored from sitting alone in the house without his wife, who had traveled in the morning to her parents’ house. At that time, one of the thieves believed that there was no one in the house and sneaked into his rooms until Juha sensed him and decided to hide in a large box. ...

The events of the story take place in ancient times about the famous character Juha, when he decided to go to the market to sell the firewood he had collected. Juha prepared early in the morning to go to the market and loaded the donkey with firewood. Because Juha has a unique personality, he also has his own philosophy about the difference with animals. This made him act strangely before people while going to the market, riding his donkey in a way that surprised everyone. People were very amazed and even laughed. Juha explained his own philosophy about kindness to animals. Another person responded to him until Juha was convinced by the other opinion. ...

It is told that one day, Juha was traveling. During his journey, a severe storm blew. Juha feared that harm might befall him and began looking around for shelter. Juha’s eyes fell on a rural house at a distance from him, so he headed to that house and knocked on its door, asking: Is anyone here?! The rural house: The owner of the house opened the door for Juha and asked him what he wanted. Juha said to him: A storm has blown, and I want to take shelter in your house until the storm subsides. The owner of the house said to him: Welcome. The owner of the house lived with his wife in this house, but he was very miserly. He would not give a loaf of bread or a drop of water to a needy person. ...

The events of the story take place in a small town, in ancient times, when a passerby helped Juha carry firewood in exchange for giving him (your reward is nothing) for the service he provided to him. Afterward, they appealed to the judge of the town, who insisted that Juha give the man what he had promised him. Juha used his usual intelligence and cleverness to get out of that problem with extreme simplicity. ...

It is told that in ancient times, Juha decided to give the Sultan a wonderful gift on his birthday. So he chose to give him a cooked goose. So he brought a fat goose and slaughtered it and cleaned it well, then placed it in a pot with water on the fire, and put on it the spices and water to make it tasty, and all the goose needed so that its meat would cook. And indeed, when its meat cooked, Juha looked at it for a long time, then said: And now, oh my dear goose, the Sultan will eat you alone, with enjoyment and health. ...

The events of the story take place in ancient times between Juha and his neighbor, the stingy man, who lived by borrowing things from other people, using them, and refusing to buy for himself, despite being very rich. The events of the story revolve around what Juha did with him to teach him a lesson he would learn from: to stay away from people’s things, abandon the bad trait of stinginess, and use his money to buy his needs. ...

The events of the story take place in ancient times, when a small merchant went to Juha to ask him for guidance on a ring maker to make a ring for him, as the price of making the ring would be cheap so he could use it in his trade. Indeed, Juha guided him to a skilled ring maker, but the price the ring maker requested was beyond the small merchant’s ability. So Juha devised a clever trick that got the merchant out of this situation, and he obtained what he wanted with ease. ...

There was a man named Juḥā. He was on his way to the market, and with him was a basket filled with fruits and vegetables. He was carrying the basket on the donkey’s back. In the middle of the road, the donkey stopped suddenly. Juḥā tried with all his might to push the donkey so that he might move, but the donkey refused completely to move even one step forward. Juḥā felt anger, so he took a small stick with which he would strike the donkey to make him move. ...

There was a lion living in a forest. The lion grew a lot until he was no longer able to run. Every time days passed, the matter became harder for him. One day, the lion was roaming in the forest searching for food. He passed by a cave, looked inside it and tried to smell. He said to himself that there must be an animal inside this cave. The lion entered the cave to discover what was inside it. The lion thought to hide inside until the unknown animal returned. The cave was the house of the fox, and every day the fox went out to search for strange food and returned to the cave at night to rest. ...