The Story of the Cloth Merchant and the Jew

It is told that a righteous man worked in the cloth trade, and was accustomed every year to buying garments and selling them to whoever wanted, and unlike others, he always instructed his workers to tell customers about defects in the fabrics if they found them before buying them. One day a Jewish man came to his shop and bought a defective garment, and the merchant was not present at that time but one of his workers, and he did not care to inform the Jew about the defect because he was not a Muslim. When the owner of the shop arrived and saw that the garment was not present, he asked him about it, so the worker told him that he had sold it to the Jew for three thousand dirhams without informing him of its defect. ...

The Story of the One-Eyed Pirate and His Daughter Jasmine

There was a pirate called Abu Ein who was harsh, violent, and evil, who stole gold from ships and also ice cream from girls, and he treated his employees and workers with extreme severity, but the sailor Murtaq loved apples so he would eat them secretly behind the pirate Abu Ein’s back. One day the pirate saw him, so he ordered the men to throw him into the sea for the sharks. ...

The Story of the White Chickens Dreams

The sun rose in the morning, and the birds began to chirp as they do every day, and the little chicks started picking up grains from the ground, running here and there. After the chicks were full and exhausted from running with their small colored wings, they all lay down under the warm sun’s rays, while the white chick stood, observing the animals in the barnyard, especially the cow. Every day, he looked at it and compared its size to his, and his body to the size of its head! He said to himself how very small I am. ...

The Tale of the Merchants Dog and the Thieves

It is told that in ancient times lived a very wealthy merchant, and one day he went to a neighboring town to trade in medical supplies, and went to a place to rest and eat some food. While the merchant was eating, he found men torturing a dog, so he said to them why do you torture the dog like this? The thieves replied to him and said this is not your business, so he said rather it is my business, then he said to them I want to buy this dog now, so they said to him ask whatever you wish, by how much will you sell it? He said I want ten silver dirhams, so the merchant paid them and left the dog for the man. ...

From Varto's Window

Where the green fortress that surrounds Copenhagen is, there is a wide courtyard with red bricks and many windows. In the pots on its balconies grew small balsam and sandalwood. The house looked inside through the windows poor, inhabited by old, poor people. It is Varto! Drama of life: Look high on the window sill, an old spinster leans, picking withered leaves from the lilac and looking at the green fortress, where children roll with joy. What might she be thinking? An entire drama of life gathers in her mind. ...

The Smart Blind Man and the Stupid Thief

There was a blind man named Mamoun living in a distant village at the outskirts of Morocco. He was alone in his small, beautiful house, as he was used to living alone without a wife or children. He had a beautiful garden behind his house that he tended to and cared for the beautiful trees growing in it. He planted it with delicious fruits and vegetables that he ate from. ...

The Story of First Day of School

On a beautiful sunny morning, Raneem woke up early and began getting ready for her first day of school. As her mother brushed her hair, she said, “You’ve grown up, Raneem… you are going to school now.” Raneem and School: Raneem asked, “Will you stay with me at school the whole time, Mama?” Mama replied, “I will stay with you for a little while, my love, and then I will come back to take you home.” In the kitchen, while eating her breakfast, Raneem said, “Mama, what if I help you with the housework today instead of going to school?” ...

There is No Despair

We live in the successes throughout the years to reach our goals one after the other, and we face the obstacles and plants that may confuse our voice some of the time, but the most important of all is not to despair, without working with a sincerity in the cause of God, and not to increase from the effort until we reach the desired goal. This is what he has been doing for a long time to realize his goals. ...

Bomboola and the Shoe

In the evening, Bomboola the owl woke up, ate dinner, and prepared to go to school. She put on her mother’s high-heeled shoe and started playing with it inside the house! Bomboola and the shoe: Bomboola the owl said to herself: How beautiful I am wearing it. I look big. Her mother entered her room and asked her, saying: Bomboola, will you go to school with this shoe? This behavior is not appropriate! ...

The Giving Tree

In a forest on the outskirts of a city, there was a beautiful green tree with long, dense branches and many green leaves that swayed gently with the wind. Birds would come to it from distant places and sing the most beautiful songs. It was a beautiful and happy tree. It formed a special relationship with a small boy from a neighboring village where he would come to it daily after school, eat from its apples and play with it. They would talk for hours and hours. He was used to sharing with her everything, his thoughts and future plans. ...