Taking help from the information given below write on ‘The Story of the Merchant and the Jinn’. You can invent your own details.
Outline: There lived a merchant in Basra …………. felt hungry ………… ate bread and a date………… threw the stone of the date …………… a Jinn appeared …………… threatened to kill because the stone of the date killed his son …………… he raised his arm to strike him ………… with a sword ………… told the Jinn ………… had to pay debts ………… settle the property issue …………. say goodbye to wife and family ………… pledged to come back……………. Jinn liberated the merchant …………… came back to the Jinn as promised …………… Jinn impressed …………..liberated him …………… gave lots of gold in the bargain
Ans. The Story of the Merchant and the Jinn
There lived a merchant in Basra. He had great wealth and traded extensively. One day he was mounting on his horse journeying to a neighbouring country to collect his due. When he felt hungry, he ate a morsel of bread and a date. Having eaten the date, he threw aside the stone. Immediately appeared before him a Jinn holding a drawn sword in his hand. He threatened to kill the merchant, as the stone of the date killed his son. The merchant pleaded that he didn’t do it intentionally and he should be pardoned. The Jinn replied that his death was indispensable. Saying this he raised his arm to strike him with the sword. The merchant wept bitterly. Then the merchant said that he had debts to pay, property to settle and say goodbye to his wife and children. He found himself with a vow that he would return to him and he could do what he wanted to do with him. The merchant returned to his town, paid everyone what he owed him and informed his wife and children of the event. On hearing this, all members of the family wept. Ultimately, the merchant presented himself before the Jinn. The Jinn was impressed with his honesty and sincerity. He spared the life of the merchant and liberated him. The Jinn also gave a lot of gold and jewels to him in the bargain.