Once Haroon Al-Rashid’s son, Caliph Al-Maamun, thought of bringing down the Pyramids of God-guarded city of Cairo. He spent large sums of money in trying to bring down the Pyramids but in vain, but out of which he could only open a small tunnel wherein he found enough treasure that could be spent on trying […]
Once Haroon Al-Rashid set out into the desert along with his drinking friends–Abu Yaqoob, Jaafar-the Barmecide and Abu Nowas. In the desert, they saw an old man Badawi resting against his ass. When they asked him from where he came, the old man replied he was from Basrah and was going to Baghdad to get
Chapter 4 The very day of Mr. Elton’s going to London produced a fresh occasion for Emma’s services towards her friend. Harriet had been at Hartfield, as usual, soon after breakfast; and, after a time, had gone home to return again to dinner: she returned, and sooner than had been talked of, and with an
It was two days before Christmas. Harry, Cornelius, Monty and I were busy building a snowman when Fritz appeared with his little niece Emily and introduced her. “Emily is from the South and has never seen snow before,” Fritz told us, “She doesn’t know much about our winters.” It turned out that Emily didn’t know
Long ago, there was an honest, devout Israeli woman who used to offer prayers inside a garden every day. Two garden keepers, both Sheikhs, fell in love with her and tried to persuade her to surrender herself, but she strictly refused. They threatened her; they would hold her against fornication. But the lady did not
Chapter 3 “I do not know what your opinion may be, Mrs. Weston,” said Mr. Knightley, “of this great intimacy between Emma and Harriet Smith, but I think it a bad thing.” “A bad thing! Do you really think it a bad thing? Why so?” “I think they will neither of them do the other
Lord Krishna was very sad and sat under a tree to meditate. A hunter, passing by, saw his yellow clothes and mistook him to be a deer. He shot an arrow made from the iron rod. The arrow entered the sole of Krishna’s feet. Finally, Krishna left for His heavenly abode. Arjun came to Dwarka,
One beautiful spring day, a red rose blossomed in a forest. Many kinds of trees and plants grew there. As the rose looked around, a pine tree near by said, “What a beautiful flower! I wish I would be that lovely.” Another tree said, “Dear pine, do not be sad; we cannot have everything.” The
Gandhari’s curse started taking form. As a last resort to save His Dynasty, Lord Krishna prohibited liquor in the city of Dwarka. In the thirty-sixth year after Mahabharata war, the Yadavas went on a picnic and became drunk. There was a fight between Krishna’s sons, Kritavarma and Satyaki. Soon, all the Yadavas took sides. They
After Yudhishthira was crowned as the king of Hastinapur, Lord Krishna went back to Dwarka. His clan, the Yadavas, lived in eternal happiness in Dwarka so much so that they forgot good conduct, morals and the importance of discipline and humility. Once when Sage Vishwamitra and Sage Narada came to visit Lord Krishna and Balarama,
The great Mahabharata war had come to an end and the battle ground was strewn with dead bodies. The war resulted in the death of all the hundred sons of King Dhritrashtra and Gandhari. When Lord Krishna visited Gandhari to offer his condolences, she cursed Him in a fit of rage and sorrow. She said,
On Friday, a man brought a fish and asked his wife to cook it at the end of the congregational prayers. Saying so, he left home for business. A few minutes later, her friend visited her and invited her to her wedding at her house, to which she agreed but forgot the fish in the
During the days of Haroon Al-Rashid, Saeed bin Salim Al-Bahili ran into unspeakable debt from all sides and he saw no relief coming from any quarters. Every day, creditors would gather at his residence and demand for the settlement of debts. He took the advice of Abdullah bin Malik Al-Khuza who told him that none
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Duryodhan was finally found hiding inside a tank. Duryodhan could not have been beaten in a straight mace fight but Bheem still challenged him. Their great fight went on for many hours. Duryodhan’s entire body except his pelvic area was protected with his mother Gandhari’s power. So, Lord Krishna told Bheem to hit Duryodhan on
Jaafar Musa Al-Hadi had a slave-girl called Al-Badr Al-Kabir who played upon the flute greatly and was, in fact, perfect in every discipline one could think of. Mohammed Al-Amin, the son of Zubaidah, requested Jaafar to sell her to him. Jaafar clarified he never intended to sell off his slave-girls or set prices on them.