Wisdom

It is told that in ancient times, in days of old, a poor man had three daughters who used to spin cotton. Their father would sell in the market what they spun, buy new cotton from its price, and spend the rest on buying food for his three daughters. This was his condition and that of his daughters. The charitable poor man and the destitute beggar: One day, the poor father went to the market. He met a destitute man who complained to him about his poverty. The father pitied him greatly and gave him the price of all the spinning. Then the father returned to his daughters without cotton or food. ...

It is told that a man named Abu Sihot was famous for extreme stinginess, to the point that he wore very tattered clothes and didn’t think about renewing them so no one would covet him. Abu Sihot had a lot of money that he carried in a bundle when he walked and raised it with a long stick on his shoulders. He was disheveled, dust-covered beard, with an unbearable smell. ...

The Reward of Kindness revolves around doing good and the great reward that follows that deed. The story tells of a polite young man who bought two birds and decided to release them to enjoy the freedom of movement in their social environment. Because the two birds were grateful and appreciative of what this young man had done for them, they decided to show him a place where there was much good for him, as will follow in the story… ...

It is told that a girl named Jamila lived with her grandmother after her parents died. Her grandmother loved her very much and was always afraid something bad would happen to her. She didn’t allow her to go out with the girls. Jamila was a girl of extreme beauty, and when she grew up, Jamil, her cousin, proposed to her. In the same village, there were six girls who weren’t as beautiful as her, and none of them loved Jamila, nor did anyone propose to them. But they imagined Jamila was an arrogant girl because she didn’t play with them. Under the influence of jealousy and envy, the six girls went to Jamila’s grandmother and said to her, “Allow Jamila to go out with us today to the forest to gather firewood.” ...

It is told that a poor man named Shaban lived in a village bordering a mountain. Every day the man went out to search for salt among rocks, caves, and valleys. Whenever he found an amount of salt, he carried it in a sack on his shoulders and sold it to the villagers. He had no children to spend on except himself and his wife. One day he returned carrying a sack of salt to his house and placed it in a corner of the room where he lived with his wife. ...

There was once a king who had a beautiful daughter. Many young men wanted to marry her, but the king thought carefully about the matter and found that they weren’t good for his daughter. Among those who wanted to marry her were the Prince of Fire and the Prince of Rain. The Prince of Rain came to the king’s daughter and said to her, “Will you marry me, daughter of the king?” She answered yes in agreement. At the same time, the Prince of Fire came to the king and said, “I want to marry your daughter. Will you consent to give her to me to be my wife?” The king said, “Yes, I agree.” ...

One day, it was raining from a little boy’s homework book. There was a group of beautiful rainbow colors, and a conversation was going on between them about what each of them had given the black color, because the little boy had not used it at all. The other beautiful rainbow colors were angry about this matter, and they started to quarrel and say: You do not deserve to sit with us in this place. For the little boy does not like to use you in his drawings. He uses us all to draw natural beautiful pictures with our bright colors, but you do not have any place in those beautiful pictures. ...

Once upon a time there was a large apple tree filled with delicious large apples, and a beautiful child lived beside it who loved to play around that tree. The child enjoyed climbing the tree, jumping, and eating some of its delicious fruits every day. That tree loved playing with the child every day very much, and found happiness and joy upon seeing him. Days passed and that small child grew into a fifteen-year-old boy. One day the tree asked him to come and play with her. ...

The events of the story revolve around the difference between freedom and slavery, where two friends meet - a dog and a wolf. The dog’s condition was much better than the wolf’s. The dog was fat and healthier than the wolf, while the wolf was destitute, extremely thin to the point that the bones of his body protruded from the heavy burden and hunger. As soon as the wolf found his friend the dog, they talked about their conditions. Each confessed to the other what had happened to him. Despite the dog’s comfortable condition, when he invited the wolf to share in his work and prosperous life, the wolf refused strongly, for the reasons that will follow in the story. ...

One day, a farmer lived in a village near the forest. The farmer had a large garden, and in that garden was an ancient apple tree and many beautiful plants and flowers. Many pet animals lived in the garden. When the farmer was a small boy, he used to spend beautiful times with the apple tree, but now the tree had stopped producing apple fruits. The farmer thought it had become useless because it had remained for many years without bearing the delicious red apples. ...