The Merchant of Baghdad (تاجر بغداد) — Page 13

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

تَمْهِيدٌ

Introduction.

هَلْ كَانَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ؟ (١٠)

Did he have a son?

فِي أَيِّ بَيْتٍ كَانَ يَسْكُنُ؟ (١١)

Where did he live?

كَيْفَ كَانَ يَعِيشُ؟ (١٢)

What was his lifestyle?

هَلْ كَانَ مُبَذِّرًا؟ (١٣)

Was he a spendthrift?

هَلْ كَانَ مُقْتِرًا؟ (١٤)

Was he a miser?

هَلْ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَكُونَ أَنْتَ مُسْرِفًا؟ (١٥)

Would you like to be a spendthrift?

أَيُّهُمَا تُفَضِّلُ: الْمُسْرِفَ أَمِ الْمُقْتَصِدَ؟ (١٦)

Which do you prefer: the spendthrift or the thrifty?

لِمَاذَا تُفَضِّلُ الْمُقْتَصِدَ عَلَى الْمُسْرِفِ؟ (١٧)

Why do you prefer the thrifty over the spendthrift?

مَاذَا رَأَى عَلِيٌّ كُوجِيَا فِي مَنَامِهِ؟ (١٨)

What did Ali Cogia see in his dream?

مَاذَا قَالَ لَهُ الشَّيْخُ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ؟ (١٩)

What did the elder tell him while he slept?

كَيْفَ كَانَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ الشَّيْخُ فِي الْحُلْمِ؟ (٢٠)

How did the elder look at him in the dream?

مَا اسْمُ الْبَلَدِ الَّذِي أَمَرَهُ الشَّيْخُ أَنْ يُسَافِرَ إِلَيْهِ؟ (٢١)

Which city did the elder command him to visit?

كَمْ مَرَّةً جَاءَهُ هَذَا الشَّيْخُ فِي الْمَنَامِ؟ (٢٢)

How many times did the elder appear to him in his dreams?

مَاذَا قَالَ لَهُ الشَّيْخُ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْأُولَى؟ (٢٣)

What did the elder say on the first night?

مَاذَا قَالَ لَهُ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ؟ (٢٤)

What did he say on the second night?

هَلْ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ كُوجِيَا يَعِيشُ فِي مَكَّةَ؟ (٢٥)

Was Ali Cogia living in Mecca?

مَنِ الَّذِي أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُسَافِرَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ؟ (٢٦)

Who ordered him to travel to Mecca?

هَلْ طَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ الشَّيْخُ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَحْدَهُ أَوْ مَعَ أَحَدٍ؟ (٢٧)

Did the elder tell him to go to Mecca alone or with someone else?

لِمَاذَا خَافَ عَلِيٌّ كُوجِيَا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ؟ (٢٨)

Why was Ali Cogia afraid for his own safety?

هَلْ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ كُوجِيَا قَادِرًا عَلَى الْحَجِّ؟ (٢٩)

Was Ali Cogia capable of making the pilgrimage?

هَلِ الْحَجُّ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ قَادِرٍ؟ (٣٠)

Is the pilgrimage mandatory for every capable Muslim?

مَنِ الَّذِي يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَحُجَّ؟ (٣١)

Who is required to perform the pilgrimage?

هَلِ الزَّكَاةُ وَاجِبَةٌ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ؟ (٣٢)

Is almsgiving mandatory for a Muslim?

هَلْ تُغْنِي الزَّكَاةُ عَنِ الْحَجِّ؟ (٣٣)

Does almsgiving replace the pilgrimage?

هَلْ يُغْنِي الْحَجُّ عَنِ الزَّكَاةِ؟ (٣٤)

Does the pilgrimage replace almsgiving?

هَلْ يُغْنِي عَنِ الْغِذَاءِ؟ (٣٥)

Can one replace food?

هَلْ يُغْنِي الْغِذَاءُ عَنِ الْمَاءِ؟ (٣٦)

Can food replace water?

هَلْ يُغْنِي الْمَاءُ وَالْغِذَاءُ عَنِ الْهَوَاءِ؟

Can water and food replace air?

Vocabulary · المفردات (17 verbs · 23 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• سَكَنَ — to dwell
• عَاشَ — to live
• أَحَبَّ — to love
• رَأَى — to see
• قَالَ — to say
• نَامَ — to sleep
• نَظَرَ — to look
• أَمَرَ — to command
• سَافَرَ — to travel
• جَاءَ — to come
• طَلَبَ — to request
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• خَافَ — to fear
• وَجَبَ — to be necessary
• حَجَّ — to perform pilgrimage
• أَغْنَى — to suffice
• تَمْهِيدٌ — introduction
• وَلَدٌ — boy
• بَيْتٌ — house
• مُبَذِّرٌ — spendthrift
• مُقْتِرٌ — miser
• مُسْرِفٌ — extravagant
• مُقْتَصِدٌ — thrifty person
• مَنَامٌ — dream
• شَيْخٌ — elder
• نَائِمٌ — sleeper
• حُلْمٌ — dream
• اِسْمٌ — name
• بَلَدٌ — country
• لَيْلَةٌ — night
• أَحَدٌ — someone
• نَفْسٌ — self
• قَادِرٌ — capable person
• حَجٌّ — pilgrimage
• مُسْلِمٌ — Muslim
• زَكَاةٌ — alms
• غِذَاءٌ — food
• مَاءٌ — water
• هَوَاءٌ — air