naama juḥaa taḥta shajarati jawzinJuha slept under a walnut tree.
naẓara ilaa al-qarʿi al-kabiiri ʿalaa al-arḍi waqaala ghariibunHe looked at the big pumpkins on the ground and said, "How strange!"
kayfa taḥmilu haadhihi ash-shajaratu al-kabiiratu thamaran ṣaghiiran wataḥmilu haadhihi an-nabtatu aṣ-ṣaghiiratu qarʿan kabiiran"How can this big tree carry small fruit while this small plant carries big pumpkins?"
faj’atan saqaṭat jawzatun ʿalaa ra’sihiSuddenly a walnut fell on his head.
qaala al-ḥamdu lillaahi annahaa lam takun qarʿatanHe said, "Thank God it was not a pumpkin!"
fahima anna fii kulli shay’in ḥikmatanHe understood that there is wisdom in everything.