Rana the Cold Girl

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. ...

The Monk's Advice

One cannot ignore nature and its instincts under any circumstances, for what you think has changed for your sake may not be the case. God, the Exalted and Sublime, created all His creatures with different characteristics and natures, including the tame and the ferocious, and in his dealings with these animals, man should not forget this difference. Once, in a beautiful village on the outskirts of India, a man named Bahu was accustomed to living alone in his house. He loved animals very much and wanted to keep a pet for himself to keep him company. One day, while walking along the road to the village, he saw a snake with beautiful colors searching for food. Bahu was so impressed with the snake that he decided to keep it as a pet to raise in his house. ...

Wise Old Man

There is a famous saying that says: Everything you discover by searching for it already existed before, but you were more arrogant than to see it. In a village on top of high mountains, there was a wise old man living with mountain flowers calmly, and he had much wisdom and knowledge. One time, the wise old man prepared for a journey to the holy Mecca, and during his journeys to holy Mecca, he would meet pilgrims and greet them peacefully with his presence. ...

The Deceitful Neighbor

Loyalty and trust are two of the traits of the believers and important characteristics of a noble man when he remembers that he is entrusted with his neighbor. His goodness increases in the eyes of those around him, as they feel with him that he practices the morals of God and His religion in the earth, so he is not treacherous or oppressive. Trust is the source of his happiness that he spreads among all. If he practices it himself, others will also practice it. ...

Where Is My Mother

The bird repeated: Where is my mother? The girl said: Don’t fly oh father, we will find her together. Come on oh son, hold the feather with you. The bird is bigger than me. Bigger by a lot. The girl said: Bigger? Yes, he said. She said to him: I saw your mother coming oh small, I will leave you from her. The bird said: No, no, this is for my mother. It is not small and not big. And it has no beak and no wings. And it is completely different from me even in eating. Its food resembles my food. ...

The Cunning Fox

It is mentioned that in ancient times, there was a simple farmer living in a house with a small farm that pleases him. He loves her very much and is loyal to her until she brings him from her fruits and he works on selling them in the markets and earning a profit, to spend on his house. The house was attached to it a beautiful garden that includes some of the animals, among them a donkey that works for the farmer and helps him in carrying his loads at the times when he goes out and to the markets, and in the evening returns to sleep inside the garden, besides his friends. ...

The Forest Animals

It is mentioned that in the beautiful forest with its friendly animals and its beautiful fruitful trees, there was a strong lion living in the forest and he was safe from the harms of its animals, and also the forest animals trust him a lot for his kindness to them and solve for them many problems, and they hope the lion would leave his forest and they start gathering food for him and then leave him, and if he sits in his two eyes, they would gather around him licking the fine cakes, which made the lion live a fine life and he could not leave his three friends at all. ...

The King, The Minister and the Cat

In a kingdom from kingdoms, there lived a king named Julan and his minister Al-Ham, who always served him with all loyalty and honesty. One time, there occurred a matter in kingdom, and the king needed a solution for a clever minister, but this time the minister was busy with his own affairs and delayed in coming to king, so the king got angry and decided the punishment of the minister. ...

The Rock in the Road

Indeed, every accident that happens in our life gives us a new experience. In an ancient kingdom from the kingdoms of ancient times, there lived a king named Belus with his wife and children in happiness and ease. He was extremely interested in their happiness and his people in his country. The king treated them as one family and the king cared for meeting all their needs. But in many of the times the king would hear some complaints from the people of his two neighborhoods and for various reasons it seemed to him that they were dissatisfied with anything. The king decided to know what happens on the ground of his country? And is he truly happy or not? ...

The Story of the Magic Handkerchief

It is told that a well-to-do farmer once lived with his wife and five children in a village in the countryside. This farmer lived off the cultivation of his land, providing for his family from its bounty. However, during one particular planting season, the rains were withheld; they did not fall as they usually did to water his small field. The farmer grew deeply saddened, and he began to sing, pleading for the rain to fall, but the sky remained dry. ...