Tales : What are you waiting for?
It happened once that Mullah Nasruddin made a long journey on foot to a distant city, and when he arrived there, he was worn out, and extremely hungry. Unfortunately, he Continue Reading →
Category: Tales
Tales : The Mullah’s Cure
Mullah Nasruddin was sitting outside the local tea house, doing nothing and letting the sun shine on his beard, when a friend approached him with a face twisted with pain. Continue Reading →
Tales : The disappearance of Shibli
Abu Bakr al Shibli was a high official in the court of the Caliph in Baghdad but he did not find what he was seeking there, and finally, falling out Continue Reading →
Shibli : The nature of love
Abu Bakr al Shibli (861–946 CE) was born in Baghdad, of a Persian family, and became a student of the the renowned Sufi Shaikh Junayd Baghdadi. As he progressed on Continue Reading →
Tales : The Mullah thinks ahead
It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin was working in the home of a businessman, doing whatever was necessary. But one day his employer became irritated with him. Continue Reading →
Tales : The Short Life of the Two-Headed Bird
It is told in the Panchatantra, a great storehouse of wisdom for those who possess a key to enter it, that once upon a time there was a bird with Continue Reading →
Tales : True faith
Hazrat Inayat Khan several times recounted the following tale. There is a story told of a dervish, a simple man who was initiated by a teacher. After the teacher had Continue Reading →
Tales : The meaning of fate
It happened once upon a time that a student came to ask a question of Mullah Nasruddin. “Please, can you tell me the meaning of fate, Mullah? Its workings are inexplicable, and Continue Reading →