Dark Night

‘o my dark night’ – ياليلي الاسود

A man had 9 sons and 1 daughter.
When his daughter was born, he became sad, saying: “o my dark night!’ – as if darkness had descended upon his house.
This was a Jahili tradition, condemned by Islam.
When his children grew up, they married and abandoned him.
He became old, lost his eyesight and was suffering alone.
One day, someone came to give him medicine.
The old man asked: “who are you?”
The person said: “Father, it’s me, I’m your dark night.”
The old man realised his mistake and regretted his behaviour towards his daughter.
He said: “woe to me! I wish all my nights were like the night you were born.”

تزوج رجل من البادية من ابنة عمه وانجبت له تسعة اولاد ذكور و في المرةالعاشرة انجبت انثى ..ﻟﻜﻨﻪ ﻋﻨﺪﻣﺎ ﺑُﺸّﺮ ﺑﺎﻟﺒﻨﺖ ﺣﺰﻥ
ﻭﻗﺎﻝ ﻳﺎ ﻟﻴﻠﻲ ﺍﻷﺳﻮﺩ ، و ليكن اسمك كذلك
ﻣﺮﺕ ﺍﻟﺴﻨﻮﻥ و الأيام ﻭ كبر ﺍﻷﺏ ﻭ أصيب ﺑﺎﻟﻌﻤﻰ.
تزوجت البنت ﻭ تزوج باقي ﺍﻷﺑﻨﺎﺀ ﻭ انشغلوا ﺑﺤﻴﺎﺗﻬﻢ و نسوا ﺃﺑﻴﻬﻢ ﺍﻟﻀﺮﻳﺮ ، ﻣﺎ ﻋﺪﺍ ﺍﺑﻨﺘﻪ ، ﻓﻘﺪ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﺑﺎﺭّﺓً لابيها الضرير.
ﻭﻓﻲ ﻳﻮﻡٍ ﺩﺧﻠﺖ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺃﺑﻴﻬﺎ ﻟﺘﻌﻄﻴﻪ ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺍﺀ ،ﻓﺴﺄﻟﻬﺎ : ﻣﻦ ﺃﻧﺘﻲ .
ﻓﻘﺎﻟﺖ : ﺃﻧﺎ ﻟﻴﻠﻚ ﺍﻷﺳﻮﺩ ﻳﺎ ﺃﺑتاه.
ﻓﺮﺩ ﻋﻠﻴﻬﺎ ﻧﺎﺩﻣﺎً و متأسفاً
(ﻟﻴﺖ ﺍﻟﻠﻴﺎﻟﻲ ﻛﻠﻬﺎ ﺳﻮﺩ)

Moral of the story: the birth of daughters is not a darkness, it is light. Many sons usually abandon their parents for selfish reasons, but daughters usually remain loyal, due to the caring nature upon which God created women.