Moral-Tale

In ancient times there was a man who called his donkey to work in his village for one of the merchants of dates. His mission was limited to feeding animals and cleaning the ground of the dung. One day, the young man became ill with transferring the dates to the market, so the servant of the cleaning ground lost it in the steps. There was a severe hurry of the donkey owner to the market of the village to present it for sale. In the beginning of the journey, the donkey began to go on its feet suddenly, and between the tree and the other it would count to him to verify the loss of any one of them, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, then it would continue the walking, and in the middle of the way it would get tired and would stop. One of the dates merchants would approach him to check the number again, so it would be found lacking. ...

Work by yourself, succeed and reap a good reward for what your hands have done, for this is the peak of strength and good planning, so do not expect someone to guide you to the way of success. If you have a certain goal, you must strive from the sake of achieving it in the shape you desire, and enjoy the elevation of your spirit with what you have achieved of goals, overcoming all obstacles that face you during your pursuit in reaching your goals. ...

In ancient times there were two brothers, one of them well off and the other extremely poor who did not possess food for his day. One day the poor decided to work in agriculture on a piece of small land that he had inherited from his father so his condition would improve and he would go away from poverty. The man plowed the land and planted in it seeds of pumpkin. ...

Satisfaction is a great blessing that many people do not enjoy, and it is from the gifts of God Almighty to His righteous servants, so if the servant is satisfied with God’s decree and fate for him and His provision, God is satisfied with him and increases His blessings to him, for everything with Him is by His measure. But not everyone enjoys and turns away from that great blessing, for we see many complaining about their condition and not looking at the blessings that are between their hands, so they begin to complain from what God has provided them with, and make their life miserable by themselves and torment themselves over what God has provided them with, so God afflicts them with its consequences, and perhaps the state of satisfaction was the condition of this Saeed. ...

Farfour was a gray mouse living in a small hole in the middle of the forest in happiness and security. One day, Farfour went out of his small hole to search for food as his habit. He began to jump among the trees and reeds, and suddenly Farfour saw a large group of animals walking together. Farfour the mouse said where are these animals going, I must follow them without anyone feeling to know where they are going. ...

Our merciful religion has urged us to build compassion in our hearts, for it is the trait of good hearts that show mercy and treat others with kindness in their sadness and joy, overlooking others’ transgression against their right, and distinguished by kindness of heart and its softness. And the compassion in the heart of a Muslim drives him to do good without thinking in return for what he has done of good, and it is contrary to harshness and severity, which may ruin innocent souls without feeling sorry for them. ...

It is told that in ancient times lived a man named Marouf in the city of Cairo, and Marouf was a poor cobbler who worked on patching shoes and soles them, but he was in dire straits, and rarely came to him a man or woman requesting him to patch their sole. Marouf’s wife was a sharp-tongued, harsh-hearted woman who treated him with harshness and heard from her nothing but bad words because of the thinness of his condition. ...

It is told that a king of the great kings, his heart was softened for a small orphan child that some of his servants picked up, so he ordered to raise him and attach him to his family. He chose for him a name to call him by, named Ahmed the Orphan. Ahmed was a smart child, and signs of success and intelligence appeared on him since his early age. The king taught him and took care of him for what he saw in him of signs of kingship. ...

There was a rabbit accustomed always at every time to eat food, he was always hungry and was accustomed to eat continuously and sleep a long time, so he ate and ate and ate. He consumed food throughout the night and throughout the day, but he was never satisfied and was never content with what he ate. One day passed, and all the groups of rabbits went to the green fields and consumed food quickly, all except the greedy rabbit. One of the rabbits said to him eat your food quickly, otherwise the owner of the cage will come and stone us with stones. The rabbit said to him please leave me to eat more and fill my stomach, then I will return. The greedy rabbit continued to consume food, and the other rabbit said the owner of the cage has come, so he replied to him everything is good, he has not reached the cage that we work in yet. ...

Birds, animals, and the bat live in the large dense forest. Animals live under the trees and birds above the trees. We must be aware of what are animals and what are birds, and also there is the bat that lives on the tree. The animals lived together happily and never fought, but one day the situation changed and the birds and animals began to fight each other. The animals said we are the best, so the birds said no we are the best, and the war began as soon as someone was harmed, ending in war or skirmish or battle or even bloodshed. A dangerous war began between the two groups, and much killing and noise appeared during that war. ...