The story of Kalila and Damnah

What is the Book of Kleiba and Damnah?

Kalila and Damnah translated into Arabic was called the five chapters, is a collection of stories Kalila and Dimna was called before it was translated into Arabic in the name of the five chapters. It is a collection of stories of a nature for each story, in which there is a lesson related to wisdom and ethics.

A selection of stories from Kalila and Damnah

They claimed that a man who was a hunter came out one day carrying his bow and his leg. He threw the cat and hit him. He carried him back to his house. On his way, he was intercepted by a wild boar, and the sniper snatched him. And struck him with his fangs with a blow, and he shut his hand from the bow, and the two fell dead in their land

A wolf came from the forest on them and said to himself: This is hunting Zafir: a man and a pig and a dagger, I will eat them for a while, but it is better for me to start this tendon and eat it will be my daily strength and save the rest to tomorrow and beyond, he treated the tendon even cut. And when he was gone, the side of the bow flew, and his throat was broken, and he died

This proverb strikes in the combination, saving and mischief

It was said that a fox came on a tree with a drum suspended on it, and whenever the wind blew on the branches of this tree, it stirred the drum, and a great loud voice sounded. And the fox turned toward him, when he heard of a great voice; When he found him large, he realized in himself the abundance of grease and meat, and even to his apartment. When he saw him hollow, there was nothing in him. He said: I do not know if perhaps the worst things are done, the greatest being the body and the loudest

They claimed that monkeys were living in a mountain. They wanted a cold night with rain, fire, and wind, but they could not find it. They saw a firefly (an insect that glows at night) flying like a fire. They thought that fire was fire and they collected a lot of firewood, threw it at it, and they breathed with their mouths and ran away with their hands, hoping to burn them with fire. ) Of the cold .

And on a nearby tree, a bird was seen and seen, and the bird saw what they had done, and he said to them, "Do not tire yourselves, for there is no fire in front of them." When he did not find a confirmation of their determination to be close to them, Lnahm what they are effective, Vmr by a man knew what the intention of him and said to him: do not seek the evaluation of what is not upright, the solid stone that is not interrupted do not try the swords, and the oud that does not bend The bow shall work from him, and thou shalt not tire. The bird refused to obey him and went to the monkeys to let them know that the fire is not fire, ate one of the monkeys, hit the ground and died