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"Their humps are fat," they all agreed; and, as a camel draws upon his hump for food as he draws upon the sacs surrounding his stomach for water, the condition of the caravan was declared to be mleh, which is the Arabic equivalent for "fit." Abdullah was a busy man.
Here, however, it was shewn to the Governor of the Royal African Company, and thus it "fell into the hands," says my author, "of the celebrated Oglethorpe, who sent it to the University of Oxford to be translated, as it was discovered to be written in Arabic." The information which it imparted of the disastrous fate of the writer, so awakened his compassion, that he engaged Mr.
The Moslems even go so far as to say that Adam and Eve spoke Arabic in Paradise and they say it is called the language of the angels. It is written from right to left just in the opposite way of this page of English writing. The Arabic alphabet has twenty-eight letters, all of which are considered consonants.
"I used to make him speak French to me, and to give me Arabic lessons, which was often productive of a most incoherent mixture of languages; however, I went on: "'Then why is there a woman in your tent? "'She comes from the South, he said, in a low, apologetic voice. "'Oh! So she comes from the South? But that does not explain to me how she comes to be in your tent.
"You shall have two moons to learn Arabic of a good teacher every day, and then for one moon I myself will instruct you in the truth," said Abdullah. "You shall wait at my door and walk by my stirrup and teach my horse as you have taught the English horse of Osman Wad Adam. Thy faithful service I will reward, and thy unfaithfulness I will punish with torture and death."
"The Governor says, you are not the Sheikh; he is the Sheikh." "So, does he say?" "I am," says the Sheikh, "from Timbuctoo; all the people are Mohammedans, and fast. Do you fast?" I. "I eat and drink what is good at all times, even wild-boar." The Sheikh and Youths. "Oh, wonderful!" They. "You write Arabic?" I wrote that God was one. They. "And write Mahomet was the Prophet of God?"
The girls received a simpler education, but with both boys and girls the daily reading and explanation of the Scriptures in Arabic held a prominent position, the Bible being the principal reading book in use. "Nor is the teaching of those things that concern salvation confined strictly to the time spent in reading Scripture.
"Aiwah, Effendi, I have something to tell you." They increased the space between themselves and the camels which were following them in Indian file. Abdul spoke in Arabic, as he always did to his master. When he had confided his secret to Michael he lapsed into silence. The Effendi looked very grave. The news was far from pleasant. "You need not tell Madam," Michael said.
"Oh!" she said, with an intonation of surprised disappointment. "Lish rub el Moyeh en Nil awadeh!" he said. "What does that mean?" "'Who drinks Nile water must return." She smiled, lifted the cup again to her lips, and drank the last drop of water. "Nile water! I understand." "And now you will have some sherbet." He spoke to Aïyoub in Arabic.
The only cloud in his blue sky was the knowledge that Michael was disappointed and distressed by the fact that he had not, in some manner or other, let the Effendi Lampton know that he was seriously ill. Abdul could not have written himself, for he could neither read nor write English; he always spoke to Michael in Arabic.
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