ikhtalafa rajulaani ʿalaa kiisin mina adh-dhahabiTwo men quarrelled over a bag of gold.
qaala al-awwalu al-kiisu lii waqad aḍaʿtuhuThe first said, "The bag is mine, and I lost it."
qaala ath-thaanii bal wajadtuhu anaa fahuwa liiThe second said, "No, I found it, so it is mine."
dhahabaa ilaa al-qaaḍiiThey went to the judge.
naẓara al-qaaḍii fii al-kiisi thumma sa’ala al-awwala kam diinaaran kaana fiihiThe judge looked in the bag and then asked the first man, "How many dinars were in it?"
qaala mi’atu diinaarinHe said, "A hundred dinars."
fataḥa al-qaaḍii al-kiisa waʿadda fakaanat tisʿiina diinaaran faqaṭThe judge opened the bag and counted, and there were only ninety dinars.
qaala haadhaa laysa kiisaka fakiisuka kaana fiihi mi’atunHe said, "This is not your bag; your bag had a hundred in it."
aʿṭaa al-kiisa lir-rajuli ath-thaanii aṣ-ṣaadiqiHe gave the bag to the second man, the honest one.
waqaala lil-awwali ibḥath ʿan kiisika al-ḥaqiiqiyyiAnd he said to the first, "Go and look for your real bag."