Ibali elinomdla lomfazi ongumSilamsi ojongene nemithetho yamadoda. Umhobe oyinyaniso oya kwinkululeko.
UBilqiss, umhlolokazi oselula ongumSilamsi, ujongene nokulingwa ngokuzama ukuthatha indawo ye-muezzin ngexesha lokuthandaza. Uyazi ukuba, ngaphaya kolwaphulo-mthetho, isityholo sokwenene sesokuba ngumfazi kwaye akafuni kungenisa kwimithetho ethile esisiseko esetyenziswa ngegama lika-Allah.
Kodwa uBilqiss akayedwa. Intatheli yaseMelika indwendwele eli lizwe, ikhuthazwa ziindaba, ezakwenza konke okusemandleni ukusasaza injongo yakhe kwihlabathi liphela. Kwaye umgwebi ngokwakhe, umntu omazi kakuhle umtyholwa, uqhekekile phakathi kokuthobela umthetho ngokungacacanga kunye nokuncoma iScheherazade yanamhlanje enokumlukuhla ngentetho yakhe yemvukelo.
Amabali abalinganiswa abathathu aya kulungisa umfanekiso othembekileyo noshukumisayo wenkqubo ngokuchasene neqhawekazi elizimisele ukulwa de kube sekupheleni kobomi nenkululeko yalo. Umntu ophakamisa ilizwi lakhe kuba eyazi ukuba ukugwetywa kwakhe kungangaphezulu koloyiso lomntu. Kuye nakubasetyhini abaninzi kwilizwe lakhe kuya kuthetha ilangatye lethemba kula maxesha amnyama.
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