The theme of the story of baba Abdalla is happiness comes when you are content with what you have.
From the collection of Middle Eastern Stories in 1001, the story of Baba Abdalla is about a man who owned 80 camels. A dervish shows him great treasures to which he at first agrees to share with the dervish. Later, he persuades dervish due to his change in mind to part with share including the balm in a small container. The dervish guides him to apply the balm on his left eye only to view further riches. As the greed hovers over Baba Abdalla, instead of warnings given he persuades dervish to apply balm on right eye to which ultimately makes him totally blind.
