Enlight Knife and monkey An excited peasant ran into the teahouse - Danger! Something needs to be done! - he shouted. - There's a monkey! There's a knife in her paws! “Calm down and don’t shout,” the Sufi’s voice was heard. T... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight About lovers Sufi parable from Sanaya One person argued that reason on the street of love is blind, and that the main thing in love is ecstasy and inspiration. To prove this assertion, he cited a story about a lov... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Not so much The world of supposedly spiritual people is full of unconscious hypocrites. One self-centered man, striving for higher consciousness, arrived at the Sufi center and stopped at the gate to talk to the ... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Incredible generosity One miser met a Sufi in his travels, and they went together. To while away the journey, the miser got into conversation. He told the Sufi how he made money by trading, how he saved every small coin, w... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Unfavorable time Once upon a time there lived a rich merchant in Baghdad. His house was reliable, he owned large and small estates, his ships with valuable goods went to India. He increased the wealth inherited from h... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Thought of the Vine There was a grapevine in the world that thought: “Why do people take my grapes every year, take them away, and no one ever says thank you to me?” One fine day, a wise man passed by and sat down to res... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Mouse and elephant The mouse and the elephant fell in love with each other. On the wedding night, the elephant twisted his leg, fell, hit himself and was left lying lifeless. - Oh, fate! - the mouse cried. “I bought a m... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight My obstacle Once they asked Shibli: —Who sent you on the Path? Shibli replied: - Dog. One day I saw a dog, almost dying of thirst, standing at the edge of the water. Every time he bent down, he saw his own reflec... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight My friend Malik, Dinar's son, was annoyed by the dissolute behavior of his young neighbor. For a long time he did not take any action, hoping that someone else would do it for him. But when the young man’s beha... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Thought of the Vine The mouse and the elephant fell in love with each other. On the wedding night, the elephant twisted his leg, fell, hit himself and was left lying lifeless. - Oh, fate! - the mouse cried. “I bought a m... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Man in a white hat Nim Hakim was not a man of extraordinary ability. One day, when he was passing by a house, people came out and stopped him. “Please come in,” they told him, “and examine our hostess, she is sick.” - W... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight At the crossroads A Sufi was sitting at a crossroads one morning when a young man approached him and asked if he could study with him. “Yes, but only one day,” said the Sufi. All that day, travelers stopped near the Su... Parables Sufi Parables
