The Merchant of Baghdad (تاجر بغداد) — Page 11

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَخَافَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، فَعَزَمَ عَلَى السَّفَرِ مَعَ الْحُجَّاجِ إِلَى بِلَادِ الْحِجَازِ.

Fearing for his safety, he resolved to join the pilgrims traveling to the Hejaz.

وَبَاعَ دُكَّانَهُ؛ بَعْدَ أَنْ بَاعَ كُلَّ مَا يَسْتَغْنِي عَنْهُ فِي سَفَرِهِ مِنَ الْبَضَائِعِ.

He sold his shop, having already disposed of all the stock he would not need for his journey.

وَأَبْقَى مِنْهَا مَا عَرَفَ أَنَّهُ يَسْتَطِيعُ بَيْعَهُ فِي مَكَّةَ بِثَمَنٍ كَثِيرٍ.

He kept only the items he knew would fetch a high price in Mecca.

أَمَّا بَيْتُهُ؛ فَقَدْ وَجَدَ مَنْ يَسْكُنُهُ بِأَجْرٍ يُرْضِيهِ. دَنَانِيرُ

As for his home, he found a tenant who agreed to pay a satisfactory rent.

أَعَدَّ عَلِيٌّ كُوجْيَا كُلَّ مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ فِي السَّفَرِ، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا شَيْءٌ وَاحِدٌ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

Ali Khwaja prepared everything necessary for his trip, leaving only one final detail to address.

فَقَدْ فَضَلَ مَعَهُ أَلْفُ دِينَارٍ فَوْقَ مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْمَالِ فِي سَفَرِهِ زَمَنَ الْحَجِّ.

He still had a thousand dinars left over, a sum far exceeding what he required for the pilgrimage.

Vocabulary · المفردات (13 verbs · 20 nouns)

• خَافَ — to fear
• عَزَمَ — to resolve
• بَاعَ — to sell
• اِسْتَغْنَى — to dispense with
• أَبْقَى — to keep
• عَرَفَ — to know
• اِسْتَطَاعَ — to be able
• وَجَدَ — to find
• سَكَنَ — to inhabit
• أَرْضَى — to satisfy
• أَعَدَّ — to prepare
• اِحْتَاجَ — to need
• بَقِيَ — to remain
• تَمْهِيدٌ — preface
• نَفْسٌ — self
• سَفَرٌ — travel
• حَاجٌّ — pilgrim
• بِلَادٌ — lands
• حِجَازٌ — Hejaz
• دُكَّانٌ — shop
• بِضَاعَةٌ — merchandise
• بَيْعٌ — sale
• ثَمَنٌ — price
• كَثِيرٌ — much
• بَيْتٌ — house
• أَجْرٌ — rent
• دِينَارٌ — dinar
• شَيْءٌ — thing
• وَاحِدٌ — one
• أَلْفٌ — thousand
• مَالٌ — money
• زَمَنٌ — time
• حَجٌّ — pilgrimage