When we evoke Iran, we think, of course, of the multi-millennial country which, apart from its rich historical past, has given rise to many poets who have marked Persian literature. Among these poets, whose fame is known worldwide, we can mention the great mystical poets Djal???l ad-Din Rumi , including his famous book Masnavi or the poet Farid al-Din Attar and his work the book of advice . One cannot cite the great classical authors without referring to Saadi, the master of the word, and his masterpieces Boustan ...
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When we evoke Iran, we think, of course, of the multi-millennial country which, apart from its rich historical past, has given rise to many poets who have marked Persian literature. Among these poets, whose fame is known worldwide, we can mention the great mystical poets Djal???l ad-Din Rumi , including his famous book Masnavi or the poet Farid al-Din Attar and his work the book of advice . One cannot cite the great classical authors without referring to Saadi, the master of the word, and his masterpieces Boustan and Golestan , whose spiritual thoughts influenced European authors such as Jean de la Fontaine . In this collection, I have collected some tales, most of which are very old and date back to pre-Islamic times. Many were extract from mystical works written by Saadi, Attar, Khajeh Abdellah Ansari , and many other classical mystic authors. I also gathered stories told by my compatriots when I was still young. Hoping this little book will please readers and encourage me to work on a second volume. 1. The pride of the believer 2. The most impure thing in the world 3. The King and the Slave 4. The Mystic and the Disciple 5. The sage???s answers 6. The three ring 7. Crazy in love 8. The Sultan and the fruit 9. What should I do? 10. You and me? Let's be one! 11. The rich man and the madman 12. The value of bread 13. Nature of the wolf 14. The pilgrimage 15. The Elephant in the Dark 16. Mullah Nasr-e-Din and the silver coin 17. The Eternal capital 18. The human value 19. The human value 20. The faith 21. The beautiful picture 22. The traveling angels 23. The sacrifice 24. Which butter, which wool? 25. Socrates 26. The advice of a father to his son 27. The wisdom of God 28. The legend of the two jugs 29. The Man Who Wanted to Escape the Angel of Death 30. The most precious thing in the world 31. The devotee and the dog 32. The poverty 33. The Four Seasons of Life 34. The Devil and Prayer in the Mosque 35. We must seize the opportunity 36. The Opportunity 37. Lady Rostam 38. The goat 39. The condition of love 40. The stone carver 41. Let's build a bridge, not a wall 42. The bowl 43. Be always a see 44. The prophet Solomon and the ant 45. The wealth of Cyrus the Great 46. The luck 47. The devotion 48. Bohlul and the philosophe 49. The hopelessness 50. Sage advises his son 51. God exists 52. The deaf frog 53. The thief of conscience 54. Inshallah (God willing) 55. Condition of freedom 56. Bohlul and the drunk 57. What is the extraordinary character of a human being? 58. The story of Mahmud Ali Pasha and the boy 59. The story of the little angel and the candle 60. The shepherd and the snake 61. I seek refuge in God 62. The story of the great Persian doctor 63. I ate with God 64. Let's learn from the pencil 65. Grandmother and granddaughter 66. The right choice 67. Let God do things 68. Prophet David and the indigent 69. The peacock 70. The power of criticism and reform 71. The captive and the king 72. The scale of the poor man 73. The view difference 74. Paternal love 75. The student and the teacher 76. The farmer and the fox 77. The farmer and the mule 78. A strange wish 79. The story of the sixth daughter 80. Villagers and well water 81. Nothing lasts forever 82. The history of hunting 83. Forgiveness is an art 84. The castaway and the small hut 85. There is always a solution 86. The parrot and the prophet Solomon 87. The story of the three questions 88. The true wealth 89. Satan and Pharaoh 90. The secret of happiness 91. Childhood memory 92. The diviner and the king 93. The secret of life 94. The word and the act 95. The eraser and pencil
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