Enlight mountain road A certain intellectual, a scientist with a well-trained mind, once came to a village. He wanted, as an exercise and amusement, to find out how different the opinions of the inhabitants of this localit... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Fool in the big city A fool once found himself in a huge city and, seeing many people scurrying back and forth on the streets, he was dumbfounded. For the night he settled down in a caravanserai, but, fearing that in the ... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Time, place, people and method One king invited a Sufi dervish to the palace and told him: “From the beginning of human times to this day, the dervish path, passed down from generation to generation by continuously successive Maste... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Hot tempered man Once upon a time there lived a man who, at the slightest provocation, would fly into anger. For many years, observing himself, he came to the conclusion that his whole life was full of insurmountable ... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Thief in the house Nizmat Khan said that a certain man from Merv, the city famous for its sages, alarmed all the inhabitants one night. He rushed headlong down the street and screamed at the top of his lungs: “Thief! Th... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Dove and water The dove, suffering from thirst, flew in search of water. Soon she saw a basin of water painted on the wall. The dove quickly flew up to the drawn basin and tried to drink from it. And she flew around... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight A fool running from death Sufi parable from Rumi Once upon a time, a fool appeared before the eyes of King Solomon. “What do you want, unfortunate one,” asked the king. “O king, the angel of death appeared to me at night, stop... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Camel division A Sufi who once lived wanted to ensure that after his death his students would find a suitable teacher of the Path. Therefore, in his will, after the legally obligatory division of property, he left h... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight May your enemies become wiser! King Khosrov was asked the question: -Which person would you like to wise up first? He replied: - To my enemies. It has been noticed that smart people, having planned evil, very rarely go on a campaig... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Water wheel They say that one man came to Hakim Omar Khayyam and said: “My dearest desire is that you would accept me for training and strengthen in me the truths that I learned from my former teachers and which,... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Gifts A certain Sufi master once announced that he was reviving the ceremony of gift-giving, according to which gifts were brought once a year to the tomb of one of the famous teachers. People of all classe... Parables Sufi Parables
Enlight Ajmal Hussain and scientists Sufi Ajmal Hussein was constantly attacked by learned men who were afraid that his authority would eclipse their own. They spared no effort in sowing doubts about his knowledge and accusing him of usi... Parables Sufi Parables
