The Merchant of Baghdad (تاجر بغداد) — Page 18

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

مَاذَا عَمِلَ عَلِيٌّ كُوجِيَا بَعْدَ أَنْ أَدَّى فَرِيضَةَ الْحَجِّ؟ (٥)

(from previous page) ⟵ He used to move from country to country for trade and recreation together until he reached Persia. What did Ali Koji do after performing the Hajj?

مَنْ الَّذِي وَقَفَ يَتَأَمَّلُ فِي بَضَائِعِهِ؟ (٦)

Who stood there admiring his goods?

هَلْ أَعْجَبَ التَّاجِرَانِ بِبَضَائِعِ عَلِيٍّ كُوجِيَا؟ (٧)

Were the two merchants impressed by Ali Cogia's merchandise?

لِمَاذَا أَعْجَبَ بِهَا التَّاجِرَانِ؟ (٨)

Why did the two merchants admire them?

هَلْ يَعْجَبُ الْإِنْسَانُ بِالْأَشْيَاءِ الرَّدِيئَةِ؟ (٩)

Does anyone admire shoddy goods?

هَلْ يَعْجَبُ الْمُدَرِّسُ بِالطَّالِبِ الْكَسْلَانِ؟ (١٠)

Would a teacher be impressed by a lazy student?

هَلْ يَعْجَبُ الْوَالِدَانِ بِالْوَلَدِ الْكَذَّابِ؟ (١١)

Would parents be proud of a lying child?

هَلْ يَعْجَبُ بِكَ مُعَلِّمُكَ؟ (١٢)

Does your teacher think well of you?

مَاذَا قَالَ التَّاجِرَانِ حِينَ أَعْجَبَا بِبَضَائِعِ عَلِيٍّ كُوجِيَا؟ (١٣)

What did the two merchants say when they saw how fine Ali Cogia's goods were?

لِمَاذَا عَزَمَ عَلِيٌّ كُوجِيَا عَلَى السَّفَرِ إِلَى الْقَاهِرَةِ؟ (١٤)

Why did Ali Cogia decide to travel to Cairo?

هَلْ ذَهَبَ إِلَى الْقَاهِرَةِ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ؟ (١٥)

Had he ever been to Cairo before?

هَلْ رَأَيْتَ أَبَا الْهَوْلِ؟ (١٦)

Have you seen the Sphinx?

مَا الْآثَارُ الَّتِي كَانَ يَسْمَعُ بِجَمَالِهَا؟ (١٧)

Which monuments had he heard were so beautiful?

فِي أَيِّ بَلَدٍ تَرَى أَهْرَامَ الْجِيزَةِ؟ (١٨)

In which country can you find the Giza Pyramids?

مَنْ الَّذِي بَنَى الْهَرَمَ الْأَكْبَرَ؟ (١٩)

Who built the Great Pyramid?

هَلْ أَرَادَ عَلِيٌّ كُوجِيَا الذَّهَابَ لِبَيْعِ بَضَائِعِهِ أَمْ لِرُؤْيَةِ الْآثَارِ؟ (٢٠)

Did Ali Cogia intend to go to sell his goods or to see the sights?

هَلْ عَادَ مَعَ الْقَافِلَةِ الَّتِي أَتَى مَعَهَا؟ (٢١)

Did he return with the same caravan he arrived with?

مِنْ أَيِّ بَلَدٍ جَاءَ عَلِيٌّ كُوجِيَا إِلَى مَكَّةَ؟ (٢٢)

From which country did Ali Cogia travel to Mecca?

إِلَى أَيِّ بَلَدٍ سَافَرَ عَلِيٌّ كُوجِيَا بَعْدَ أَنْ وَصَلَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ؟

Where did Ali Cogia travel after reaching Mecca?

Vocabulary · المفردات (18 verbs · 23 nouns)

• عَمِلَ — to work
• أَدَّى — to perform
• وَقَفَ — to stand
• تَأَمَّلَ — to contemplate
• أَعْجَبَ — to impress
• قَالَ — to say
• عَزَمَ — to resolve
• ذَهَبَ — to go
• رَأَى — to see
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• بَنَى — to build
• أَرَادَ — to want
• بَاعَ — to sell
• عَادَ — to return
• أَتَى — to come
• جَاءَ — to come
• سَافَرَ — to travel
• وَصَلَ — to arrive
• تَاجِرٌ — merchant
• فَرِيضَةٌ — duty
• حَجٌّ — pilgrimage
• بِضَاعَةٌ — merchandise
• إِنْسَانٌ — human
• شَيْءٌ — thing
• رَدِيءٌ — bad
• مُدَرِّسٌ — teacher
• كَسْلَانُ — lazy
• وَالِدٌ — parent
• وَلَدٌ — boy
• كَذَّابٌ — liar
• مُعَلِّمٌ — teacher
• سَفَرٌ — travel
• أَثَرٌ — monument
• جَمَالٌ — beauty
• بَلَدٌ — country
• هَرَمٌ — pyramid
• أَكْبَرُ — biggest
• ذَهَابٌ — going
• بَيْعٌ — selling
• رُؤْيَةٌ — seeing
• قَافِلَةٌ — caravan