"The goldsmith knows the value of gold"

FARSI:

مثل قدر زر زرگر شناسد قدر گوهر گوهری از کجاست؟

يه نفر در مكتب خانه اي درس قرآن مي خواند . روزي به حمام مي ره و پول حمام نداشت . به صاحب حمام مگه . عوض 2 قران ( 2 ريال ) به بابات قرآن بخوانم . او قبول نمي كنه . بعد مگه دو تا و ... صاحب حمام باز هم قبول نمي كنه ! مد با خودش مگه حالا كه خواندن 10 تا قرآن به اندازه 2 قران ارزش نداره . پس من براي چه آن را بخوانم . دگه مكتب نمي ره . يه روز استاد از شاگردانش مي پرسه . فلاني كجاست ؟ قضيه را به اش نقل مي كنند . استاد احضارش مي كنه و  انگشترش را به او مده و ميگه برو با اين انگشتر از سبزي فروش سبزي بگير بيا ! مرده مي ره سبزي فروش قبول نمي كنه كه به آن انگشتر به اندازه يگ ريال سبزي بده . بعدش استاد مي فرسته به زرگري سر كوچه كه آن را به پول تبديل كند . زرگري ميگه : به حاجي آقا سلام برسون و به اش بگو . من آنقدر  نقدي ندارم كه بتونم اين انگشترو بخرم . ( در اينجا استاد آن شعر معروف را گفت

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ENGLISH:

A boy used to study the Qur'an in a school. One day, he went to the bathhouse to wash himself, but he had no money. So he said to the owner at the entrance of the bathhouse: "I don't have two qiraan (currency), but I can read you some Qur'an instead." The bath owner refused. The boy tried to persuade him again, but to no avail.

So the boy said to himself: If reading 10 Qur'an's is not even worth 2 Qiran's (currency), then why should I waste my time studying it!

He stopped going to school.

One day, the teacher asked the students: "Where is such and such?" Then they told him what happened.

The teacher called him and gave him a ring, saying: "Go to the greengrocery and exchange this ring for some spinach." He went to the greengrocery, but the shopkeeper did not agree to exchange the ring for spinach, deeming it insignificant. So the boy got back to the teacher. The teacher then advised him to go to the goldsmith and exchange it for money first and then go and buy the spinach.

When the boy went to the goldsmith, the goldsmith said:

"Go back, because I cannot even afford to pay you the total amount of money this ring is worth!"

This is when the teacher said to the student: "The value of gold is known to the goldsmith [only]."

"Be to my son , as you were to me"

It was narrated by some of the Salaf that:

  ان داود عليه السلام قال إلهي كن لسليمان كما كنت لي فأوحى الله إليه ان قل لسليمان ان يكون لي كما كنت لي أكون له كما كنت لك

ENGLISH:

The Prophet Dawud ('alaihi as-Salam) said: "My Lord, be to my son Sulaiman, as you were to me." So Allah (Glorified is He) inspired to him that: "Tell Sulaiman to be for me as you were to me, and surely I will be to him as I were to you."

NEDERLANDS:

De Profeet Dawud zei: "O mijn Heer! Behandel mijn zoon Sulaiman, zoals U mij hebt behandeld." Dus Allaah openbaarde aan hem: "Zeg tegen Sulaiman om Mij te behandelen zoals jij Mij hebt behandeld, dan zal Ik hem behandelen zoals Ik jou heb behandeld."

["Tareekh Dimashq", 22/238].

Stories are Soldiers

Al-Qaadhy Iyaadh wrote :

وقال بعض المشايخ: الحكايات جند من جنود الله يثبت بها قلوب أوليائه

ENGLISH:

And some of the Mashaykh said : Stories (of the pious predecessors) are soldiers from amongst the soldiers of Allah. He strengthens with them, the hearts of His friends."

NEDERLANDS:

En sommige Mashaykh zeiden : Verhalen (van de vrome voorgangers) zijn soldaten onder de soldaten van Allah. Hij versterkt ermee de harten van Zijn vrienden."

["Tartib Al-Madarik", 106].

When mercy descends

Al-Qaadhy Iyaadh said :

وقد قال سفيان بن عينية رحمه الله تعالى: عند ذكر الصالحين تنزل الرحمة

ENGLISH:

"And it has been said by Sufyan Ibn Uyaynah: Mercy descends when the pious are mentioned."

NEDERLANDS:

"Sufyan Ibn Uyaynah zei: Genade daalt neer tijdens het gedenken van de vromen."

["Tartib Al-Madarik", 106].

Stories are gifts of Paradise

Malik Ibn Dinar said:

مالك بن دينار: الحكايات تحف الجنة

ENGLISH:

"Stories are gifts of Paradise."

NEDERLANDS:

"Verhalen zijn een geschenk van het Paradijs."

["Ta'teerul Anfaas", 469].

“Alas!” it cried, as it died

ENGLISH:

An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death. Slowly it fluttered down to the earth, with its life-blood pouring out of it. Looking down upon the Arrow with which it had been pierced, it found that the shaft of the Arrow had been feathered with one of its own plumes.

“Alas!” it cried, as it died, “We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.”

NEDERLANDS:

Een arend vloog hoog in de lucht, toen hij plotseling een pijl op zich af hoorde zoeven. Het vond zichzelf verwondend tot aan de dood. Langzaam fladderde het op de grond, terwijl het bloed hevig uit hem stroomde. Al kijkend naar de pijl waarmee hij werd doorboort, merkte hij dat de schacht van de pijl met zijn eigen veren gevederd was.

“Ach”, riep hij al stervend uit, “Vaak geven wij onze vijanden de middelen die voor onze eigen ondergang zorgen.”

["Aesop’s Fables", 119].