Kisah Bijaksana

The Haunted Mosque

The town’s mosque was haunted. Anyone seeking shelter there died before dawn. The townspeople put up a sign: DANGER! A wandering dervish arrived. “I’ll sleep in the mosque,” he declared. “I’ve died in

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The Sultan’s Seven Years

“Plunge your head into this basin of water,” said the Sufi to the Sultan. The Sultan found himself on a seashore. A beautiful woman approached. “I must marry a shipwrecked man!” she said. They married

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Turning Lead into Gold

A greedy king wanted to turn lead into gold, so he found a teacher who could do this. “If you too want this power,” said the teacher, “you must spend twelve years with me in the forest as my disciple.

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The Water of Old

“Store water now,” warned Khidr. “New water is coming that will drive you mad.” Only one man followed Khidr’s advice. The rivers, lakes, and oceans dried up. Then rains fell: rains of new water. Peopl

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The Stream in the Desert

A mountain stream flowed down into the desert. There, the stream saw the wind crossing the desert. “I too want to cross over!” shouted the stream. “Let the wind absorb you,” advised the sand. “The win

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The Bread and the Ocean

An old man went on a long ocean voyage. After a while, the only food he had left was a crust of bread, so stale and hard that he couldn’t eat it. The old man was hungry, but the bread was no good to h

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Qays and Layla in Love

A boy named Qays and a girl named Layla once fell completely in love. Layla could see only Qays, and Qays could see only Layla; there was no one else. When the teacher asked Qays to recite aloud, he r

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Majnun and Layla’s Dog

Qays loved Layla, and she loved him. But the greatness of Qays’ love made him act strangely, and people started calling him “madman” – Majnun. Majnun’s parents begged Layla’s family to let them marry.

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Majnun and Layla’s Beauty

When the people heard Majnun raving about Layla’s beauty, they laughed. “She’s attractive, to be sure,” they said, “but there are thousands of ravishing women in the city who are far more beautiful th

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Majnun’s Eyes

Majnun was completely devoted to Layla, but Layla’s parents were alarmed by Majnun’s strange behavior, so they arranged for her to marry someone else. Thus separated from his beloved Layla, Majnun fel

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Majnun and the Letter-Carrier

Majnun loved Layla, and she loved him, but her parents arranged for her to marry someone else who lived in a city that was a hundred miles away. Majnun sought out the letter-carrier. “I need you to ta

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Majnun and the Shepherd

Majnun followed his beloved Layla’s caravan into the desert, but her parents wouldn’t let him near her. Mad with love, he persuaded a shepherd to loan him a sheepskin. “Disguised as a sheep, I will jo

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Majnun and the Caravan

As Majnun roamed the desert, grieving because of his separation from Layla, he chanced upon a caravan. The merchants invited him to sit by their campfire, having heard of this strange madman and of hi

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Majnun’s Feet

Majnun had made a long journey to the city where his beloved Layla lived with her husband. He knew that this was her city, but he did not know where exactly she lived. North? South? East? West? Layla

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Majnun among the Beggars

Knowing Majnun had come to see her and was living among the beggars, Layla sent her maid with baskets of food to give him. But another beggar, greedy for food, said, “I’m Majnun!” He ate the food, and

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