| Description |
xxiv, 206 pages ; 18 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- I. Stories about Sufis and Dervishes -- The Shaykh and the Boy Selling Halvah -- The Hodja's Bargain -- II. Mullah Nasruddin: International Man of Mysticism -- Uzbek Stories of Mullah -- Donkeys -- Mullah in Civil Service -- Mullah and the Camel Seeds -- Mullah Tries Donkeys Again -- Not Myself: The Zen Mullah -- III. Stories about Jesus -- Young Jesus Goes to School -- Jesus in the Graveyard -- Wandering Dervish -- IV. Stories about Iblis -- Iblis's Refusal -- Iblis's Refusal Take 2 -- Iblis's Refusal Take 3 -- Iblis's Refusal Take 4 -- V. Stories from Sa'adi -- Advice for People in Business and Positions of Power -- Advice for Lovers -- Moth and Candle: Two Points of View -- VI: The Man of the Big Fish -- Young Jonah -- The Mission -- The Journey to Nineveh -- The Big Fish -- Return to Nineveh -- VII. A Sufi Fairy Tale -- The Lady and the Golden Lampstand -- VIII. From Arabian Nights: The Hunchback of Ch'ang-an -- The Fate of the Hunchback -- The Jewish Doctor and His Wife -- The Muslim Cleaner -- The Christian Broker -- The Proposed Execution -- A Saving Story -- A Haircut Gone Wrong -- The Actual Barber -- IX. Reversals of Fortune -- How Difficult Can Astrology Be? -- Hadji Ahmed's Dream -- X. Wild Nature. |
| Subject |
Sufism.
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Sufi parables.
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| Added Author |
Douglas-Klotz, Neil, editor.
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| Added Title |
A little book of Sufi stories |
| ISBN |
9781571748294 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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