PETIKAN DARI PEPATAH ARAB

Seorang perempuan tua Arab ada menasihatkan anaknya pada hari perkahwinannya:

O my daughter!

You are leaving the home in which you were brought up for a house unknown to you and to a companion unfamiliar to you.

Be a floor to him, he will be a roof to you; be a soft seat to him, he will be a pillar for you;

and be like a slave girl to him and he will be a slave boy to you.

Avoid inopportune behaviour, least he should be bored with you;

and be not aloof lest he should become indifferent to you.

If he approaches you, come running to him;

and if he turns away, do not impose yourself upon him.

Take care of his nose, his eye and his ear. Let him not smell except a good odour from you; (pakai wangi-wangian utk nya)

let not his eye see you except in an agreeable appearance;

and let him hear nothing from you except nice, fine words. (bahasa yang sopan..)

(Imam al-Ghazzali)