Month: August 2021
Tears Of Men
Men don’t cry over minor issues, that’s why they say: إذا بكي الرجال فإعلم أن الهموم فاقت قمم الجبال “When you see the crying of men (rijaal), then know that worries have exceeded the peaks of mountains (ji...
View DetailsEveryone Is Right
Two people were arguing about something. The judge listened to the complaint of one of them, and said: "You are right." Then he listened to the complaint of the other person, and said: "You are also right." A third person objected: "They can't both b...
View DetailsScholars & Rulers
It is said: خير الأمراء الذين يأتون العلماء، وشر العلماء الذين يأتون الأمراء "The best umara (rulers) are those who visit the ulama (scholars). The worst ulama (scholars) are those who visi...
View DetailsStay In Your Lane
A governor walked past a group of men who were cleaning sewers. He heard one of them talk about global affairs and criticize the ruler. The governor said: أنف فى السماء واست فى الماء "His nose is up in the sky (samaa - سماء), ...
View DetailsHorse Gift
Story about a horse - من طرائف العرب The Abbasid Caliph al-Mutawakil gifted a horse to the poet Al-Buhturi. The horse died on the same day! So the poet compiled the following poetry: "You gifted me a truly marvellous creation, ...
View DetailsFox Or Tiger?
There was a fox who wanted to be a tiger ....... So the fox painted some stripes on its body, and walked among the tigers. The tigers thought that the fox was also a tiger like them ... so they respected the fox. But one day ... it started raining .....
View DetailsLost Donkey
A man was looking for his lost donkeys, but he got distracted by a woman. Her face was covered, but he still felt attracted to her, so he kept following her, and forgot his donkeys. When she took off her face covering, she was so ugly that she remi...
View DetailsOppressed Oppressor
A man and his wife were disputing a case in front of a judge. She was bad looking, but her face was covered, and she had an attractive voice, so the judge ruled in her favour, against the husband. Her husband removed her face covering, when the jud...
View DetailsWar Of The Bucket
"War of the Bucket" 700 years ago in Italy, a big war took place ... 40,000 soldiers were involved … 2,000 soldiers died ... It all started because a wooden bucket was stolen! 🤦🏻♂️ https://www.historynet.com/what-we-learned-from-the-battle-of-zap...
View DetailsExtreme Jealousy
Protective jealousy in men ... غيرة الرجل It is said that the bride of a Bedouin in Jahiliyah was brought to him on a horse. He took his bride, but killed the horse! People were confused, so they asked him why? He said: "I did not want any man to si...
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