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Answer: Shatraba
💡 The lion brought the bull Shatraba close to him until Dimna grew jealous and turned them against each other with slander, until the lion killed his friend.
Answer: Bidpai
💡 The book is a dialogue between King Dabshalim and the philosopher Bidpai; the king asks him a question and he answers with a story told through animals.
Answer: Two jackals
💡 Kalila and Dimna are two jackals: Kalila is wise and content, and Dimna is ambitious and cunning, and the stories of the first chapter revolve around them.
Answer: Marjana
💡 Marjana discovered the thieves hiding in the jars and foiled their plans more than once with her intelligence and courage.
Answer: Open, Sesame
💡 Ali Baba heard the thieves say "Open, Sesame" and the rock opened, so he memorized it and went into the cave.
Answer: The roc
💡 The roc is a huge bird in the tales of Sinbad; Sinbad tied himself to its leg to escape from a remote island.
Answer: To Sinbad the Porter
💡 A poor porter, also named Sinbad, passed by Sinbad the Sailor's house and wished for his life, so the sailor invited him in and told him about his voyages so he would know the hardships he had faced.
Answer: 7 voyages
💡 Sinbad the Sailor told of seven voyages, each full of terrors and wonders, then rescue and wealth.
Answer: King Shahryar's vizier
💡 Scheherazade was the vizier's daughter, and she volunteered to marry the king to save the young women of her people with her intelligence and her stories.
Answer: Dunyazad
💡 Every night Dunyazad asked her sister Scheherazade to tell a story, and Scheherazade would begin her tale in front of King Shahryar.
Answer: He followed them, thinking the feast might be real
💡 This funny story shows his great greed: he believed his own lie because he was so eager for food.
Answer: That they honored his new clothes, not him
💡 Juha came to the feast in shabby clothes and nobody honored him; then he came back in fine clothes and they gave him the best seat, so he taught them to honor the person, not the appearance.
Answer: He said the pot had given birth
💡 The neighbor was happy with the small pot; then Juha borrowed the pot again and did not return it, saying it had died, and when the neighbor objected he said: You believed it gave birth, but you don't believe it died?
Answer: Pleasing all people is a goal that can never be reached
💡 Juha and his son tried riding and walking in every possible way, and each time people objected, so he learned that pleasing everyone is impossible.
Answer: Two horses
💡 The war began because of a race between the two horses Dahis and al-Ghabra', then it dragged on for years until a peace settlement between the two tribes ended it.
Answer: His defense of his tribe when it was raided
💡 When Abs was raided, his father told him: "Charge, and you are free," so he fought bravely and protected his people, earning his freedom and his standing.
Answer: Abs
💡 Antarah was from Banu Abs and is named after them as Antarah al-Absi; he was famous for defending his people in their wars.
Answer: Abla
💡 Antarah loved Abla and mentioned her often in his poetry, while Layla is linked to Qais ibn al-Mulawwah, Buthayna to Jamil, and Azza to Kuthayyir.
Answer: Oratory and eloquence
💡 Quss ibn Sa'ida was one of the most famous Arab orators before Islam, and he used to give speeches to people at Souq Okaz.
Answer: Tamim
💡 Al-Ahnaf ibn Qais was one of the chiefs of Banu Tamim; he lived in Basra and was so famous for his forbearance that he became proverbial for it.
