Mar 27
A Sultan built a palace and decorated the walls with gold gilt. It cost him one hundred thousand drachmas.
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Mar 06
One day Ibrahim Bin Edhem was preparing for wudu and he went to the water well. He drew water via a bucket and saw gold in the bucket instead of water. He sent the bucket to the end of the well without touching the gold and the next time he saw jewellery and then he began to pray to Allah: My precious Allah, your treasure is filled with endless gold and jewellery! Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 14
In the time of Otoman Sultan Bayazıd II, there was a Yahya in the Edirne Palace. He was the only person, because he was the best who cooked rice for the people who were living in the palace. He cooked with love. Every time it was so prolific that he was also able to feed the fish as well. He never wasted even one grain so after the people had eaten the rice, he fed the fish everyday and they always waited for him at the same time. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 14
Emine Işınsu
Once upon a time, there were two brothers whose father was a cobbler, they left their mother and then their father. They were working at a shoe shop. Years passed, and the elder brother decided to marry and he married a girl as his desired. He advised his brother to marry too and added ‘ Being alone is just for Allah’ But little brother had never intended it.Oct 14
Saint Sofu was a soldier of the Conqueror Fatih. According to legend, at the time of the Korean war, people were listening to the radio, at one of the cafes in İstanbul, Fındıklı* and one soldier walked into the cafe and sat down also. After he put a bag
on the table he asked the others: Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 14
People complained about Saint Behlul Dana to Calif Kharun Al-Rashid because he was not practising his religion. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct 14
One of the dervishes who was living all alone in the desert and the sultan was passing by there. He did not care about things of this earth and life so he didn’t even look at the sultan’s face, he ignored him.
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Sep 29
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One day the Ottoman Sultan Murat III was a bit strange and agitated. It seemed as if he wanted to say something but didn’t venture to say it. He was neither in a good mood nor sad. The Grand Vizier asked: Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 29
Sir Akif was all by himself and suddenly noticed a shadow of a man who was climbing the wall of a garden and he immediately understood that he was an unexpected guest – a thief! He went downstairs and he locked all the doors except the one which was in front of his bedroom. He took a rope, hid himself behind the door and waited for his unexpected guest! Read the rest of this entry »
Sep 29
Eshrefoglu Rumi (d.1484) was a young Sufi learner. One day, his spiritual master took all the learners into the mountains und demanded from them: Read the rest of this entry »
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