Enlight How to make yourself listen One dervish, instructing a student, said: “There is only one way to make people listen to you. You have to know what you're saying and you have to behave appropriately towards the people you're talkin... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight How the world helps a Sufi One of the Path Masters was sitting at the head of the meeting when one disciple came forward and said: - How can you compare the position of a teacher in the world? I mean, what is his connection to ... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight The highlight of Miri's training The famous Sufi sage Baba Saifdar had a disciple named Miri, who constantly complained that Saifdar had not even looked at him since he joined the circle of his disciples. “Before he accepted me as a ... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight Kashkul They say that one day on the street a dervish stood in the way of the Shah. Shah said: “You, poor tramp, how dare you cross the path of your master!” Dervish responds: - What kind of ruler are you if ... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight Shakiq's trial They say that one day Shakik from Balkh told his disciples: “I trusted in God and walked through the desert with the smallest coin in my pocket.” I went on a pilgrimage and came back, and the coin is ... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
