عُمَارَةُ
This Arabic short story is for foreigners. We took it from a book written by Kamil Keilany, an Egyptian writer and a poet. The original text was written for native speakers of Arabic. To make it suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language, it has been abridged, simplified, and slightly modified. Some of the details in the original story have been left out. Also, sentence structures are simple so that learners of Arabic as a foreign language can process them easily. This Arabic short story for foreigners is suitable for high-beginner to pre-intermediate learners.
This Arabic short story is the ninth in our list. You can read the tenth story here.
كَانَ عُمَارَةُ وَأُمُّهُ يَعِيشَانِ فِي بَيْتٍ صَغِيْرٍ. كَانَتْ أُمُّ عُمَارَةَ خَيَّاطَةً. كَانَ عُمَارَةُ وَلَدًا كَسُوْلًا. كَانَ عُمَارَةُ يُحِبُّ اللَّعِبَ كَثِيرًا. كَانَ عُمَارَةُ يُهْمِلُ دُرُوسَهُ. وَبِسَبَبِ هَذَا، كَانَتِ الْأُمُّ تُعَاقِبُ عُمَارَةَ. لَمْ يَكْتُبْ عُمَارَةُ الْوَاجِبَاتَ. طَرَدَ الْمُدِيْرُ عُمَارَةَ مِنْ الْمَدْرَسَةِ. عَرَفتِ الْأُمُّ ذَلِكَ؛ فَغَضِبَتْ. قَالَتْ أُمُّ عُمَارَةَ لِابْنِهَا: سَوْفَ أَطْرُدُكَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ إِذَا لَمْ تَعْمَلْ.
خَافَ عُمَارَةُ مِنْ أُمِّهِ. خَرَجَ عُمَارَةُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ. بَحَثَ عُمَارَةُ عَنْ عَمَلٍ. فِي الْيَوْمِ الْأَوَّلِ، عَمِلَ عُمَارَةُ عِنْدَ مُزَارِعٍ. عَمِلَ عُمَارَةُ طَوَالَ الْيَوْمِ بِنَشَاطٍ. أَعْطَى الْمُزَارِعُ قِرْشًا لِعُمَارَةَ. فَرِحَ عُمَارَةُ. عَادَ عُمَارَةُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ. وَفِي الْطَرِيْقِ، رَأَى عُمَارَةُ بِرْكَةَ مَاءٍ صَغِيرَةً. أَرَادَ عُمَارَةُ أَنْ يَعْبُرَ الْبِرْكَةَ؛ فَقَفَزَ. سَقَطَ الْقِرْشُ مِنْ يَدِ عُمَارَةَ. بَحَثَ عُمَارَةُ عَنِ الْقِرْشِ. لَمْ يَجِدْ عُمَارَةُ الْقِرْشَ. وَصَلَ عُمَارَةُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ. أَخْبَرَ عُمَارَةُ الْأُمَّ بِالْقِصَّةِ. قَالَتِ الْأُمُّ: كَانَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَضَعَ الْقِرْشَ فِي جَيْبِكَ!
قَالَ عُمَارَةُ بِحُزْنٍ: سَوْفَ أَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْقَادِمَةِ!
فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي، ذَهَبَ عُمَارَةُ إِلَى الْمُزَارِعِ. عَمِلَ عُمَارَةُ طَوَالَ الْيَوْمِ. أَعْطَى الْمُزَارِعُ كُوْبًا كَبِيرًا مِنَ اللَّبَنِ لِعُمَارَةَ. وَضَعَ عُمَارَةُ الْكُوْبَ فِي جَيْبِهِ. عَادَ عُمَارَةُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ. سَالَ اللَّبَنُ عَلَى مَلَابِسِ عُمَارَةَ. وَصَلَ عُمَارَةُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ. كَانَ الْكُوبُ فَارِغًا. أَخْبَرَ عُمَارَةُ الْأُمَّ. قَالَتِ الْأُمُّ: كَانَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُغَطِّيَ الْكُوْبَ!
قَالَ عُمَارَةُ بِحُزْنٍ: سَوْفَ أَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ فِي الْمَرِّةِ الْقَادِمَةِ! ………………………………..
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……………………………….. أَصْبَحَ عُمَارَةُ السُّلْطَانَ. حَكَمَ عُمَارَةُ الْبِلَادَ بِعَدْلٍ. عَاشَ عُمَارَةُ فِي سَعَادَةٍ.
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thank you for this site and its stories.. it has been like a treasure for me, who is an arabic student.
Incredibly well-written story! Thanks!!!
this omaara boy is a little bit confused but he's got the spirit