Category: Tales

It happened once upon a time that Bahlool was sitting in a cemetery when the Khalifa Haroun al Rashid came riding by. The general opinion amongst the courtiers of the Continue Reading →

Some said that Bahlool was only a fool, but the mighty Khalifa Haroun al Rashid was not so sure. He suspected that Bahlool was one of those illuminated souls who Continue Reading →

There is a tale told of a Sufi named Hatem al-Asamm, who lived in Baghdad, and died in 852 CE. One of his students said that during the many years Continue Reading →

Once upon a time a man with slow steps and bent with age came to the temple of his village, and greeted the guru who lived there. “Guru-ji,” the man Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that Mullah Nasruddin was sitting in a tea-house when a friend came to him and said, “Mullah, I am preparing to take a caravan Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a guru was giving a talk to a group of people in the village where he lived. “God is always with us,” he Continue Reading →

Sometimes the great Emperor Akbar used to charge his minister Brbal with strange tasks. One day he summoned Birbal before him and said, “Find me the five greatest fools in Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that two students of a spiritual path were walking through the wilderness. They were disciples of the same teacher, but one had taken the Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that the king of Nasruddin’s country wanted to know if it was possible to read minds. The king declared that he would give twenty Continue Reading →

It happened once upon a time that a certain dervish came upon a man of business seated in front of the smoking ruins of a building, weeping. “Why do you Continue Reading →