The World of Nasrudin
, by Shah, Idries- ISBN: 9780863040863 | 0863040861
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/1/2003
A Better Beard than Yours | p. 1 |
A Certain Clientele | p. 2 |
A Cobbler with Wings | p. 3 |
A Gift from God | p. 4 |
A Gift from Tamerlane | p. 5 |
A Happy Childhood | p. 6 |
A Humble Target | p. 7 |
A Loaf for the Head | p. 8 |
A Matter of Opinion | p. 9 |
A Matter of Weight | p. 10 |
A Perfect Copy | p. 11 |
A Pious Man | p. 12 |
A Question of Nature | p. 13 |
A Question of Timing | p. 14 |
A Supper of Oh and Ah | p. 15 |
A Way with Words | p. 17 |
A Weaker Man | p. 18 |
A Wolf for the Imam | p. 19 |
After your Demise | p. 20 |
Allah's Guest | p. 21 |
Allah's Mercy | p. 22 |
Allah's Words | p. 23 |
Altered Circumstances | p. 24 |
Always too Late | p. 25 |
Among Strangers | p. 26 |
Another Man's Treasure | p. 26 |
Appetite | p. 27 |
Apples | p. 29 |
Apricot Rewards | p. 30 |
Are You Me? | p. 31 |
Asking the Wrong Man | p. 32 |
Ask our Neighbour | p. 33 |
Ask Them, not Me | p. 34 |
Ask the Owner | p. 35 |
Ask your Wife | p. 36 |
Avoidance | p. 37 |
Beastly Insults | p. 38 |
Being an Expert | p. 39 |
Best Way to Learn | p. 40 |
Better Be a Sinner | p. 41 |
Better Bundles | p. 42 |
Better off Barefoot | p. 43 |
Birth and Death | p. 44 |
Bitten Noses | p. 44 |
Bones and All | p. 45 |
Borrowed Names | p. 46 |
Borrowed Pies | p. 47 |
Borrowed Slippers | p. 48 |
Boy or Girl? | p. 49 |
Burglars and the King | p. 50 |
Camels and Men | p. 51 |
Careless Head | p. 51 |
Carving Pheasant | p. 52 |
Chains Tomorrow | p. 53 |
Cheating the Stars | p. 54 |
Child Psychology | p. 55 |
Choice Meals | p. 56 |
City Doctors | p. 57 |
Civil Unrest | p. 58 |
Close to an Idiot | p. 59 |
Coats | p. 60 |
Colour Blind | p. 61 |
Come Judgment Day | p. 62 |
Commander of the Hoofed | p. 63 |
Compensation | p. 64 |
Confused Sentences | p. 65 |
Console Yourself | p. 66 |
Crime and Punishment | p. 67 |
Crowded House | p. 68 |
Dangerous Glasses | p. 69 |
Dangers of Rain | p. 70 |
Dangers of Sleep | p. 71 |
Dead Chicken | p. 72 |
Dead or Alive? | p. 72 |
Deceitful Donkey | p. 73 |
Descendants | p. 74 |
Devious Chickens | p. 75 |
Different Hearts | p. 76 |
Different Owners, Different Birds | p. 78 |
Different Paths | p. 79 |
Dissolving Sins | p. 80 |
Diving for Food | p. 81 |
Do Angels Chase Thieves? | p. 82 |
Dog or Ox? | p. 83 |
Doing Things in Reverse | p. 84 |
Donkey Astrologer | p. 85 |
Donkey Burial | p. 86 |
Donkey King | p. 87 |
Donkey-loads | p. 88 |
Donkey versus Steed | p. 89 |
Do Something for Yourself | p. 90 |
Each Gets what he Deserves | p. 91 |
Eat then Drink | p. 92 |
Embarrassed, not Offended | p. 93 |
Equal Reward | p. 94 |
Every Last Stitch | p. 95 |
Evil | p. 96 |
Exile | p. 97 |
Explanations | p. 98 |
Extraordinary Accounts | p. 99 |
Extraordinary Woman | p. 100 |
Extreme Laziness | p. 101 |
Face your Donkey | p. 102 |
Fallen off my Donkey | p. 103 |
False Evidence | p. 104 |
Family Tradition | p. 105 |
Far More Becoming | p. 106 |
Far Too Simple | p. 107 |
Fisherman's Tales | p. 108 |
Five for the Price of One | p. 110 |
Five of Us | p. 111 |
Following Instructions | p. 112 |
Fond Memories | p. 113 |
Fool's Gold | p. 114 |
Forgotten your Face | p. 115 |
For Safe-keeping | p. 116 |
Four Huntsmen | p. 117 |
From Sermons to Sentences | p. 118 |
Friends in High Places | p. 119 |
Funeral Guest | p. 120 |
Goat Defence | p. 121 |
God's Home | p. 122 |
Going Hungry | p. 123 |
Good Ingredients | p. 124 |
Good Intentions | p. 125 |
Grand Judge | p. 126 |
Green Ribbons | p. 127 |
Grounds for Divorce | p. 128 |
Growing my Field | p. 129 |
Growing Tall and Strong | p. 130 |
Hand-me-downs | p. 131 |
Hands Full | p. 132 |
Hang On for a Cure | p. 133 |
Hard Bargains | p. 134 |
Hazardous Food | p. 135 |
Heaven and Hell | p. 136 |
Heaven is Full | p. 137 |
Heavenly Flock | p. 138 |
Heaven or Hell? | p. 139 |
Hereditary | p. 140 |
He Will be Here Soon | p. 141 |
Hidden Strength | p. 142 |
Hiding | p. 143 |
High and Low | p. 144 |
His own Ban | p. 145 |
Hit the Wrong Man | p. 146 |
Hole after Hole | p. 147 |
Holy Donkey | p. 147 |
Hospitality | p. 148 |
House Calls | p. 149 |
How Did they all Know? | p. 150 |
How Long will I Live? | p. 151 |
How to be Wise | p. 152 |
How to Fall Asleep | p. 152 |
How to Find a Bride | p. 153 |
Human Nature | p. 154 |
I Cannot be Rebuilt | p. 155 |
Identified by a Goat | p. 156 |
If it Pleases Allah | p. 157 |
If I were You | p. 159 |
If Only I had Known Earlier | p. 160 |
If You are What You Say | p. 161 |
If Your Tongue was Mine | p. 162 |
Immodest | p. 163 |
Impossible | p. 164 |
Impromptu Speeches | p. 165 |
In Advance | p. 166 |
In a Ravenous Hurry | p. 167 |
In Charge of the List | p. 168 |
Incomplete Chickens | p. 169 |
Inconsiderate | p. 170 |
Indecision | p. 171 |
Infernal Snoring | p. 172 |
Inherited Talent | p. 173 |
In my Own Time | p. 174 |
In Need of Correction | p. 175 |
Inside Out or Outside In? | p. 176 |
Interest | p. 176 |
I Should Know | p. 177 |
Itchy Palms | p. 178 |
Jaliz, the Eagle | p. 179 |
Just a Humble Loaf | p. 180 |
Just Ask | p. 181 |
Just in Case | p. 182 |
Just Keeping him Company | p. 183 |
Just Like his Mother | p. 184 |
Just Reward | p. 185 |
Just Testing | p. 186 |
Just the Judge | p. 187 |
Keeping an Eye Out | p. 188 |
Keeping Sleep Away | p. 189 |
Knowing the Name | p. 190 |
Large Sparrows | p. 191 |
Last In, First Out | p. 193 |
Laughter and Tears | p. 194 |
Left-handed Hooves | p. 196 |
Left or Right? | p. 197 |
Life as a Hermit | p. 198 |
Literate Animals | p. 199 |
Literate Donkey | p. 200 |
Live Long and Prosper | p. 202 |
Longer Days | p. 203 |
Look and See | p. 204 |
Losing One's Head? | p. 205 |
Lost Donkey | p. 206 |
Lucky Escape | p. 207 |
Lying Low | p. 208 |
Magician or Locksmith? | p. 209 |
Manners cannot be Disguised | p. 210 |
Many Ways to Kill a Tiger | p. 212 |
Master and Servant | p. 213 |
Meditation | p. 214 |
Melon or Mountain? | p. 215 |
Misjudged | p. 216 |
Missing Saddle-bags | p. 217 |
Mistaken | p. 218 |
Money for his Funeral | p. 219 |
Monkey in Court | p. 220 |
Multiple Questions | p. 221 |
Mustapha, Ruler of the World | p. 222 |
Mutual Gain | p. 223 |
Mutual Respect | p. 225 |
My Back Told me | p. 226 |
My Burden | p. 227 |
My Donkey's Idea | p. 228 |
My Enemies | p. 229 |
My Master's Importance | p. 230 |
My Wife's Money | p. 231 |
Naked Truth | p. 232 |
Nasrudin Dies | p. 233 |
Nasrudin's Parrot | p. 234 |
Nasrudin's Shoes | p. 235 |
Nasrudin's Unruly Sandal | p. 236 |
Natural Layout | p. 237 |
Natural Skill | p. 237 |
Nature's Blanket | p. 238 |
Never Born | p. 239 |
Never Satisfied | p. 240 |
Next Time | p. 241 |
Night Blindness | p. 241 |
Nobody's Fool | p. 242 |
No Consideration | p. 243 |
No Ears, no Crime | p. 244 |
No Good for my Health | p. 245 |
No Need for Brains | p. 246 |
No Room for More | p. 247 |
No Such Thing as a Free Lunch | p. 248 |
Not a Question of Age | p. 250 |
Nothing to Do with Me | p. 251 |
No Time for Clothes | p. 253 |
No Time to Grieve | p. 254 |
Not in Stock | p. 255 |
Not until I Say | p. 256 |
No Witnesses | p. 258 |
Offensive Explanations | p. 260 |
Once on Dry Land | p. 261 |
One Horse, Two Owners | p. 262 |
One Little Word | p. 264 |
One or the Other | p. 265 |
On Foot | p. 266 |
Only One Prophet | p. 267 |
On my Mother's Behalf | p. 268 |
Outliving Death | p. 269 |
Painful Dreams | p. 270 |
Palpitations | p. 270 |
Paradise is not Far | p. 271 |
Partial Recovery | p. 272 |
Pastry without Pies | p. 273 |
Payment in Kind | p. 274 |
Peasants and Kings | p. 275 |
Peel and All | p. 276 |
Pen or Axe? | p. 277 |
Pheasant Messenger | p. 278 |
Pies or Crumbs? | p. 281 |
Plans for Expansion | p. 281 |
Poor Conditions | p. 282 |
Power of the Prophets | p. 283 |
Prayers | p. 284 |
Prayers for Hire | p. 285 |
Praying for Miracles | p. 286 |
Precociousness | p. 287 |
Present and Correct | p. 288 |
Preserving the Fish | p. 289 |
Price of an Education | p. 290 |
Professional Fee | p. 291 |
Quite Possible | p. 292 |
Reading Aloud | p. 293 |
Real Bravery | p. 294 |
Reasons for Lament | p. 295 |
Reckless Salt | p. 296 |
Relayed Messages | p. 296 |
Repaid Debt | p. 297 |
Repeated Words | p. 298 |
Repentant Thief | p. 299 |
Rescue, not Theft | p. 300 |
Respect | p. 301 |
Respectable Gourmets | p. 302 |
Rice, Mice and Children | p. 303 |
Riches or Rice | p. 304 |
Ridiculous Proportions | p. 305 |
Ripe Apples | p. 306 |
Ruler of the World | p. 307 |
Ruler or Tyrant? | p. 308 |
Rumble the Mouse | p. 309 |
Saint Nasrudin | p. 310 |
Sandbags | p. 311 |
Satan's Replacement | p. 312 |
Saved Shoes | p. 313 |
Secret Seeds | p. 314 |
Self Defence | p. 315 |
Sensitivity | p. 316 |
Sent by God | p. 317 |
Servant and Master | p. 318 |
Seven Days | p. 319 |
Sharp Ribs | p. 320 |
Shock Tactics | p. 321 |
Shoes and Donkeys | p. 322 |
Simple Arithmetic | p. 323 |
Since becoming a Mulla | p. 324 |
Sinner for the Evening | p. 325 |
Six and Three make Nine | p. 326 |
Small Appetite | p. 327 |
Soldiers and Weapons | p. 328 |
Statement and Belief | p. 329 |
Strict Sentences | p. 330 |
Strong Teeth | p. 331 |
Stuck in the Mud | p. 332 |
Successive Tyrants | p. 333 |
Sugar Coins | p. 334 |
Superlatives | p. 335 |
Sweet Revenge | p. 336 |
Swollen Feet | p. 337 |
Sympathy Pains | p. 338 |
Talking in Gestures | p. 339 |
Tamerlane's Death | p. 342 |
Teaching by Example | p. 343 |
Terrible Nature | p. 344 |
The Angry Pot | p. 345 |
The Best Liar | p. 346 |
The Best Teacher | p. 347 |
The Beautiful Guest | p. 348 |
The Boastful King | p. 349 |
The Butcher's Cat | p. 350 |
The Charmer | p. 351 |
The Cost of a Curse | p. 352 |
The Cursed Leg | p. 353 |
The Desert Speaks | p. 354 |
The Devil's Advice | p. 355 |
The Drowned Man Returns | p. 356 |
The Forgotten Groom | p. 357 |
The Historian's Bet | p. 358 |
The Importance of Gold | p. 359 |
The Instructions Must be Followed | p. 360 |
The Keeper of the Shrine | p. 361 |
The King's Father | p. 362 |
The King's Horse | p. 363 |
The King's Messengers | p. 364 |
The King's Scraps | p. 365 |
The King's Shadow | p. 366 |
The King's Tail | p. 367 |
The King's Voice | p. 369 |
The King's Worth | p. 370 |
The Letter | p. 371 |
The Mayor's an Ass | p. 372 |
The Miserly Cave | p. 374 |
The Missing Tail | p. 375 |
The Most Tolerant Man | p. 376 |
The New House | p. 377 |
The Only Cure | p. 378 |
Theoretical Knowledge | p. 379 |
The Other Five | p. 380 |
The Plague | p. 381 |
The Poorer Man | p. 382 |
The Price of Mercy | p. 383 |
The Same Reason | p. 384 |
The Servant's Footsteps | p. 385 |
The Sky is Falling | p. 386 |
The Storm | p. 387 |
The Stronger Oath | p. 388 |
The Sun's Game | p. 389 |
The Swimming Bucket | p. 390 |
The Thrifty Imam | p. 391 |
The Ugly Emperor | p. 392 |
The World's End | p. 393 |
The Worn Coin | p. 394 |
Thieves and Chickens | p. 395 |
Time to Doze | p. 396 |
To Fool the Cat | p. 397 |
Tongue on the Loose | p. 398 |
Tonics | p. 399 |
Too Good for Promotion | p. 400 |
Too Heavy a Load | p. 401 |
Too Hot to Eat | p. 402 |
Too Late | p. 403 |
Too Many Salesmen | p. 404 |
Trading at a Loss | p. 405 |
Translations | p. 406 |
Troublesome Foot | p. 407 |
True Justice | p. 408 |
True Vision | p. 409 |
Trumpeters at Court | p. 411 |
Turning in his Grave | p. 412 |
Two Coins Behind | p. 414 |
Two Disasters | p. 415 |
Two Saddle-bags | p. 416 |
Two Shoes More | p. 417 |
Two Tricksters | p. 418 |
Two Wood-cutters | p. 419 |
Unable to Help | p. 420 |
Unhappy at Home | p. 421 |
Unorthodox Means | p. 422 |
Useful Stones | p. 423 |
Walking Companions | p. 424 |
Wanted: a Foolish Man | p. 425 |
Warriors' Tales | p. 426 |
What a Waste | p. 427 |
What Price Advice? | p. 428 |
What's the Difference? | p. 430 |
What to Do? | p. 431 |
When You See Me... | p. 432 |
Where Does It Hurt? | p. 434 |
Where There are People | p. 435 |
Where Will I Go? | p. 436 |
Who Bought Whom? | p. 437 |
Whom to Respect | p. 438 |
Whose Beard? | p. 438 |
Why Pay Twice? | p. 439 |
Window Shopping | p. 440 |
Winter Coat | p. 441 |
Wise Investment | p. 442 |
With One Silver Piece | p. 443 |
Woken the Wrong Man | p. 444 |
Women of Distant Lands | p. 445 |
Worth Stealing | p. 446 |
Worthy Men | p. 447 |
Worthy of Cream | p. 448 |
You Lost it, You Find it | p. 449 |
You Must be Deaf | p. 450 |
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