The Mullah Nasr ud-Din

Mullah Nasr-ud-din is walking down a street accompanied by a scholar. Another Sufi approached them, stopped Nasr-ud-din and pointed at the sky, by which he meant “There is only one truth, which covers all.” But he spoke no word.

The scholar said to himself, “This weird apparition is mad. Perhaps Nasr-ud-din will take precautions against him.”

The Mullah rummaged through his backpack and brought forth a coil of rope. The scholar thought, “Excellent. He will seize and bind this madman.”

Nasr-ud-din’s action had actually meant, ”Ordinary humanity tries to reach the  ‘ sky ‘  by methods as unsuitable as this rope.”

The second Sufi, the “madman”, laughed and walked away. “Well done,” said the scholar; “you saved us from him.”

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We no longer hear too much about Sufis and their manner of Islam. It used to be quite common before the advent of Oil Politics and Power Politics, and the support of the USA against Communism and all the other idiocy that has come back to haunt us.

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