Hikaayat

It is related that, whilst some game was being roasted for Nushirvan the just during a hunting party, no salt could be … [Read more...] about Story 19 – The Manners Of Kings – Gulistaan-e-Sa.Adii

Several men were in my company whose external appearance displayed the adornment of piety. A great man who had conceived … [Read more...] about Story 17 – The Manners Of Kings – Gulistaan-e-Sa.Adii

It is narrated that a tyrant who purchased wood from dervishes forcibly gave it away to rich -people gratuitously. A … [Read more...] about Story 26- The Manners Of Kings – Gulistaan-e-Sa.Adii

I saw A'bd-u-Qader Gaillani in the sanctuary of the Ka'bah with his face on the pebbles and saying: 'O lord, pardon my … [Read more...] about Story 3 – The Morals Of dervishes – Gulistaan-e-Sa.Adii

Loqman, being asked from whom he had learnt civility, replied: 'From those who had no civility because what appeared to … [Read more...] about Story 21 – The Morals Of dervishes – Gulistaan-e-Sa.Adii

A dervish, whose prayers met with answers, made his appearance, and Hejaj Yusuf, calling him, said: 'Utter a good prayer … [Read more...] about Story 11 – The Manners Of Kings – Gulistaan-e-Sa.Adii

One of the servants of Umrulais had fled but some men, having been sent in pursuit, brought him back. the vezier who … [Read more...] about Story 23 – The Manners Of Kings – Gulistaan-e-Sa.Adii

I heard a king, who had changed might into day by pleasures, saying in his drunkenness: 'We have in the world no … [Read more...] about Story 13- The Manners Of Kings – Gulistaan-e-Sa.Adii