A parable is a brief, succinct story, in prose or verse, that illustrates a moral or religious lesson. It differs from a fable in that fables use animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as characters, while parables generally feature human characters. (Wikipedia definition)

In many faiths and cultures, the teaching of ethics and morals is often taught by parables. Islam is no exception. The Qur’an says:

We have put forth for men in this Qur’an every kind of parable, in order that they may receive admonition. (Sura 39, Ayat 27)

Many spiritual masters taught by parables because they felt that “men of good understanding would readily enough catch the meaning of what is taught under the shape of a parable.”

The stories that will be produced here will be from a cross section of Islamic Literature.

The parables might appear to have been written with the eyes of a child and the mind of a beginner, yet we feel they will be pointing fingers to the gateway of spirituality.

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Please Read:

• Honesty – A Story by a Young Writer
• The Fish With a Dream to See the Forest: A Story for Young Readers
• Parables on Integrity & Honesty, Allah’s Bounty and Keeping Allah Constantly in Our Hearts
• Two Tales from Rumi: The Snake-Catcher and the Serpent & The Elephant and the Travellers
• The Parable of Moses and Khidr in the Holy Qur’an
• Traditional Sufi Stories About the Intricacies of Life
• Looking for the Tree of Immortality
• The Plight of the Unwise…why the donkey was gone!
• The Noble Kingdom of Hodja
• Don’t Blame Me, by Shams Tabriz
• Hodja’s Hospitality, Taken For Granted
• Learning from Tragedy, the Story of the Imprisoned Parrot
• Hodja and the Fur Coat
• Hodja’s Uneven Distribution
• Three Hodja Stories, Put to the Test Twice and Tipping the Right Way
• For Hodja, Pretending to be Foolish has its Rewards…
• To Each, His Own Faith – A Story by Saadi
• The Clay’s Sweet Fragrance
  • Parable Lesson: The Alchemy of Transformation, from Copper to Gold
• Not Being Afraid of Seeking Out the Truth
• “The Mouse and the Camel”, by Rumi
• “The Mouse and the Camel”, by Rumi
• Easying One’s Journey to the Lord of Creation
• Countering Criticism, Hodja’s Way
• “Paying for Aroma” – Hodja’s Verdict
• Hodja on the Deathbed; The Donkey’s Bray or the Wise Hodja?
• Watermelons and Walnuts