Enlight Trial of Delilah Abu Nujum visited the monastery of one of the followers of Sufism, known as Pir-o-Murshid Partov-Gir Dalil. Dalil said: - Look how we in our Order reflect on the beauty of Divine love! See how we indu... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight How the water has changed One day Khyzyr, the teacher of Moses, addressed humanity with a warning. “The day will come,” he said, “when all the water in the world, except that which will be specially collected, will disappear.”... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight How knowledge was earned Once upon a time there lived a man who one day decided that he needed knowledge. He left his homeland and went to the house of a learned man. Entering the sage, the seeker said: - Sufi, you are a wise... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight The Story of Ibn Halim Only two people were rumored to be teachers of the right path. Ibn Halim says that first he went to one of them whose name was Pir-Ardeshir Qazvini. “Will you instruct me in what should be done and wh... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Test “I am poor and weak,” a teacher once said to his students, “but you are young.” I am teaching you, and it is your duty to find money on which your old teacher can live. - What should we do? - asked th... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Drought They say that in a place called Qasr al-Arifin, there was once a drought. And people came to Master Bahauddin Naqshbandi, asking him to pray for rain. He took them outside and began to drive them unti... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight The smell of garlic A Sufi parable from Ghazali Bakr ibn Abdallah told about a man who was close to one ruler. Standing near him, he often said: “Reward the one who does good with more good, for the one who does evil wil... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Curing a Madman They say that once, a long time ago, in some distant land, a prince went crazy. The king was beside himself with despair: the prince was his only son, the only heir to the kingdom! All the wizards and... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight How the legend arose Once upon a time there was a city consisting of two parallel streets. One day a dervish crossed from one street to another, and the residents of this second street noticed that his eyes were full of t... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight True friendship Sufi parable from Sanaya The Righteous Caliph Omar, once, while walking outside his palace, accidentally came across a company of people who told him that they formed a close community and brotherhood... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Treasure Several people ran to the teacher and began to ask questions, interrupting each other. Finally the Master managed to establish order and they were able to ask their questions in turn. The first person... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Sufi woman and queen A certain woman who converted to Sufism - and she belonged to the disgraced Umayyad dynasty (the first Muslim dynasty of caliphs) - came to the queen from the ruling al-Mahdi family, which replaced th... Parables Sufi Parables
