Enlight Be invisible A famous Sufi was asked: -What does it mean to be invisible? He said: “I will answer when I have the opportunity to demonstrate this.” After some time, the Sufi and the man who asked this question wer... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight camel Sufi parable from Sanaya One man, seeing a camel in a meadow, began to reproach it for having a crooked neck. The camel answered him: - Don't blame me for my crookedness. Let me walk in front of you a... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight Bayazid Bistami Once a certain person reproachfully told Bayazid, the great mystic of the 9th century, that he had fasted and prayed for 30 years, but had never found in it the consolation that Bayazid promised. Baya... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight Grapes Sufi parable from Rumi Once four people walked together and in agreement: a Turk, a Persian, an Arab and a Greek, and somewhere they got a dinar. This dinar became the cause of a quarrel between them,... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight Scent of Truth A certain famous, respected and influential merchant came to Bahauddin Naqshbandi. He said at a public meeting: “I have come to place myself at your disposal and at the disposal of your Teaching. I as... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight Squirrel Mawlana Bahauddin was walking with Allauddin from Nishapur along a grassy bank. Allauddin said: “I would like to know why you deprived people of the pleasure they received from so many Sufi traditions... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight Bayazid Bistami Bayazid, one of the greatest Sufi Masters, came to the Teacher as a child. Without saying or asking anything, he would quietly sit down and look at his face, and after a while he would also quietly le... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight Attention and inattention Two students were talking in a Sufi school. One said: “I will soon die if our Master continues to ignore me as he has done for the last ten years.” I came here to study and I feel like I'm not allowed... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight Dervish pain A dervish sat on the bank of the river in calm contemplation. A passerby came up from behind and, seeing the dervish’s bare neck, could not resist and loudly slapped it. The sound of his hand hitting ... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight The cannibal giant and the Sufi One wandering Sufi master, crossing high mountains where no man had ever set foot, met a cannibal of gigantic proportions. “I will eat you,” the giant said to the Sufi. The Sufi replied: “Fine, eat me... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight The grocer and his parrot Sufi parable from Rumi One grocer had a parrot and everywhere he could he praised it. According to him, the parrot guarded the store when he was away and entertained customers who came to buy goods. A... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
Enlight Hellfire One day a holy fool met Harun al-Rashid of Baghdad. -Where are you coming from, wanderer? - asked the ruler. “From hell,” he answered. - And what were you doing there? “I needed a fire to light my pip... Parables Sufi Parables Enlight
