Enlight Lioness milk In one distant kingdom, all the inhabitants were impatiently waiting for the three royal daughters to get married. And no wonder: after all, according to the laws of that kingdom, they could choose an... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight The Silent Sheikh Sufi parable from Attar The famous Sufi sheikh Ibrahim ibn Adham met an unfamiliar horseman on the way, who asked to show him the way. Ibrahim raised his hand to the sky. The horseman demanded to stop... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight young man Sufi master Junaid worked with one young man. Junaid lived such an ordinary life that you had to be very insightful to understand that an enlightened one was nearby. In everything he was completely or... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Mastery Once upon a time there lived a wise man to whom people came for advice. He listened to them and then told them stories. Insight descended on the people, and they left the sage with gratitude. And most... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Mother's Courage Sufi parable from Attar During the time of the Prophet, there lived a pious woman named Umm Abdallah, who had an eighteen-year-old son. The son fell ill with a fever and died. But the woman did not co... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Inheritance One man, dying far from his home, made a will in which he disposed of his property in the following words: “Let the community living where my lands are located take from them what they wish, and let w... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Master and tea cup One Master traveled incognito with his disciples. They stopped at a caravanserai for the night. In the morning the owner served breakfast and tea. When they began to drink tea, the owner suddenly fell... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Measure of generosity Sufi parable from Ghazali They said that a certain woman asked al-Lays, may the Lord have mercy on him, some honey, and he rewarded her with a whole wineskin. They told him: “She would have been satis... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Master in the Palace One day, a very rich man invited a sage to visit his palace. The palace was extremely luxurious. It was filled with all kinds of valuables: carpets, paintings, dishes, all kinds of works of art, furni... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Ant and dragonfly Sufi parable from Attar A prudent and stubborn ant was looking at the flower nectar, when suddenly a dragonfly rushed from a height onto the flower, tasted the nectar and flew away, then flew up and a... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Call yourself God One Sufi was stoned to death for calling himself God, and he was taken to heaven. Some time later, the man who witnessed the death of the Sufi died and went to heaven. Seeing a Sufi there, he became i... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Saturation A man came to Bahauddin Naqshbandi and said: “I wandered from Teacher to Teacher, I comprehended many Paths, and all of them brought me great benefits and many gains. And now I would like to join the ... Parables Sufi Parables
