Stories

Mulla Stories.

Mulla Stories

 indicate the intelligence of Mulla Nasruddin. The name that every Afghan remembers hearing about in childhood. Here is few of the thousands of humurous and thoughtful stories about Him. His identity is being claimed by three countries. Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey. The Nasruddin stories, known throughout the Middle East, constitute one of the strangest acheivements in the history of metaphysics. Superficially, most of the Nasruddin stories may be used as jokes. They are told and retold endlessly in the teahouses and caravanserais, in the homes and on the radio waves, of Asia. But it is inherent in the Nasruddin story that it may be understood at any of many depths. There is the joke, the moral - and the little extra which brings the consciousness of the potential mystic a little further on the way to realization. 




1.A Question of Time

Let us enjoy reading this Mulla Nasruddin Hodja's Story of A Question of Time .

Nasruddin Hodja was tilling his patch of land when a hunter came riding up.

“Hey, you!” said the man. “Did you see a boar run past?”

“Yes,” replied Hodja.


“Which way did it go?” demanded the man.

Hodja pointed in the direction in which the boar had gone.

The man rode away without a word of thanks but he was back within minutes.

“No sign of it!” he said. “Are you sure it went that way?”

“I am certain,” replied Hodja. “It went that way. Two years ago.”
                                                                                                                                                                    
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2.Donkey of Hodja


Let us enjoy reading this Mulla Nasruddin Hodja's Story of Donkey of Hodja .

Nasruddin Hodja took his donkey to the marketplace and sold it for 30 dinars.

The man who bought it immediately put it up for auction.

"Look at this fine animal!" he shouted to passersby. "Have you ever seen a better specimen of a donkey? See how clean and strong it is!"

And he went on to list the many qualities of the animal. At the end of his sales talk a man said he would give 40 dinars for it.

Another man offered 50. A third offered 55.

Hodja who was watching was amazed at the interest everyone was showing in the donkey.

"What a fool I was to think it an ordinary animal," thought Hodja. "It is an incomparable beast, one in a million..." He suddenly realized that the owner had received a good offer and was about to close the bidding.

"75 dinars once..." said the man.”75 dinars twice..."

"80 dinars!" said Hodja. 

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3.Fired by Fear


Let us enjoy reading this Mulla Nasruddin Hodja's Story of Fired by Fear .

Nasruddin Hodja was trying to raise a fire by blowing at the glowing embers of coal in the fireplace.

All he succeeded in doing was to produce a thick cloud of smoke that stung his eyes.

He put on his wife's cap to prevent the smoke from getting into his eyes and started blowing again.

This time flames leaped up from the coal.

"Ahha!" said Hodja. "So you too are afraid of my wife." 

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 4.Hodja and Scholar

Let us enjoy reading this Mulla Nasruddin Hodja's Story of Hodja and Scholar .

Nasruddin Hodja ferrying a scholar across a river said something ungrammatical to him.

"Have you never studied grammar?" asked the scholar.

"No," said Hodja.

"Then half your life has been wasted," said the scholar looking pityingly at him.

Sometime later Hodja turned to his passenger.

"Have you ever learnt to swim?" he asked.

"No," said the scholar.

"Then your whole life has been wasted," said Hodja. "We're sinking." 

 
                                                                   
5.Goes to Tailor
     
          Let us enjoy reading this Mulla Nasruddin Hodja's Story of Hodja Goes to Tailor . 

Nasruddin Hodja went to a tailor with a piece of cloth and asked the tailor to stitch him a shirt. 

The tailor took his measurements. 

“When will it be ready?” Nasruddin asked the tailor. 

“God willing, it’ll be ready in a week’s time,” said the man. 

Nasruddin could hardly wait for the week to pass. On the morning of the seventh day day he hurried to the tailor’s shop. He was bitterly disappointed when he learnt that the shirt was not ready. 

“God willing, it will be ready the day after tomorrow,” said the tailor. 

Two days later, Nasruddin was again at the tailor’s shop. The shirt was still not ready. 

“God willing it’ll be ready on Saturday,” said the tailor. 

On Saturday it was the same story. 

“God willing...,” began the tailor. 

“Stop! Stop!” said Hodja, now thoroughly fed up. “Tell me, how long will it take if you leave God out of this?”                                                                 
                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
6.Holy House

Let us enjoy reading this Mulla Nasruddin Hodja's Story of Hodja’s Holy House .

Hodja once lived in a rented house.

The building was old and whenever there was a strong wind, its rafters would creak and squeak.

One day when the landlord came to collect the rent, Hodja told him about the alarming noises the building was making.

“Don’t let that worry you,” said the landlord, airily. “Those noises are nothing but the praises the old building is singing to the Almighty.”

“Oh, I’m not worried about the hymns,” said Hodja. “But what if it decided to kneel down and worship him?” 

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