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# تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 12.25.2

تحفة النظار في غرائب الأمصار وعجائب الأسفار 12.25.2

- **Language:** Arabic

### [12.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.rihla.ibn-battuta.12.25.2)

وكنت أتردد إليه فأرى دهليز قصره الذي يسكن به مظلما لا سراج به. ورأيته مرارا يجمع الاعواد الصغار من الحطب بداخل بستانه، وقد ملأ منها مخازن، فكلمته في ذلك، فقال لي: يحتاج إليها.

> I used to visit him and would see the vestibule of the palace in which he lived dark, with no lamp in it. Many times I saw him gathering small twigs of firewood inside his garden, and he had filled storerooms with them. I spoke to him about it, and he said to me: "They are needed."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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