20 Sufi Stories to Read with the Heart

Some stories stay with us because we understand them. Others stay because we cannot stop wondering about them.

A king hears someone searching for a camel on his roof. A caged parrot receives a message without a word. An old musician plays among the graves, believing there is no one left to hear him.

For centuries, the tales of Rumi and Attar have carried the deepest questions of the Sufi path through scenes of startling simplicity. Kings and servants, lovers and fools find themselves brought to the edge of what they thought they knew. Humor gives way to wonder; an apparent mistake opens into a revelation.

In 20 Sufi Stories to Read with the Heart, Maria Sorush retells twenty of these tales in clear, engaging English prose. Drawn from Rumi’s Masnavi and Attar’s The Conference of the Birds and Memorial of the Saints, the collection includes The Elephant in the Dark, Moses and the Shepherd, The Merchant and the Parrot, and the extraordinary journey of the thirty birds.

Each tale is accompanied by a reflective exploration of its Sufi meanings. These reflections linger with the stories’ images and paradoxes: the difference between outward form and inward truth, the self that stands in the way of seeing, the ripening of love, and the knowledge that begins where explanation falls silent. The stories retain room for the reader’s own discoveries.

Warm, witty, and sometimes unsettling, this collection welcomes both readers discovering Sufi literature and those returning to its enduring mysteries. It can be enjoyed in quiet moments, read aloud, or revisited one story at a time.

Twenty stories to enter slowly—and to carry with you long after the last page.

Pagine	80
Formato	[EU] Stampa bianco e nero - standard - 152x228 mm - Carta crema - Copertina opaca
Peso	118 gr.