Cobbler

Stories tagged Cobbler:

• The Story of Ma'aruf the Cobbler Aug 12, 2025

  

  In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful, I shall tell you the remarkable tale of Ma’aruf the Cobbler, whose extraordinary journey from poverty to wealth, from misery to happiness, demonstrates how divine providence can transform the humblest life when suffering is endured with patience and good deeds are performed with sincerity.

  In the great city of Cairo, during the reign of the illustrious Sultan al-Zahir Baybars, there lived in one of the poorest quarters a cobbler named Ma’aruf whose skill with leather and thread was exceeded only by the misery of his domestic circumstances. Ma’aruf was a man of gentle nature and honest character, but he had made the unfortunate decision in his youth to marry a woman whose beauty had blinded him to her numerous character defects.