List of Stories in The Masnavi - Book V

Book V

  • Preface (in prose)
  • Proem
  • Parable of the Four Birds
  • Description of the Duck
  • The Prophet and the Greedy Infidel
  • The Light which is the Food of the Spirit
  • Description of the Peacock
  • Diversity of Intelligences
  • The Arab of the Desert and his Dog
  • The Sage and the Peacock
  • “No monkery in Islam”
  • Description of the Crow
  • The Gazelle in the Donkey-stable
  • Muammad Khwárizmsháh and the people of Sabzawár
  • Description of the Cock
  • “The Lowest of the Low”
  • The two Worlds
  • The value of Works
  • “And He is with you”
  • The Man who claimed to be a Prophet
  • The Devoted Lover
  • The Disciple who imitated the Shaykh
  • The Maidservant and the Ass
  • Parable of the Parrot which is taught to speak by seeing its image in a mirror
  • The Puppies that barked before they were born
  • The People of Zarwán
  • The Creation of Adam
  • The illusion of causes
  • Death and Resurrection
  • The infinite mercy of God
  • The Story of Ayáz
  • Laylá and Majnún
  • The Ascetic and his jealous Wife
  • The repentance of Nasúh
  • The Fox and the Ass
  • The Ass that envied the Arab horses
  • The Ascetic who made trial of his trust in God
  • Parable of the Camel
  • The effeminate Youth
  • The Man who was afraid of being taken for an Ass
  • Shaykh Muhammad Sar-razí of Ghazna
  • The Disciple in dreadof hunger
  • The Cow in the green Island
  • The Christian ascetic who went about with a lamp in the day-time
  • Debate between a Moslem and a Magian on the subject of free-will
  • The Dervish who reproached God
  • The beauty of Laylá
  • A story of Júhí
  • The Infidel and Báyazíd
  • The Muezzin with the harsh voice
  • The Cat and the Meat
  • The Amír and the Ascetic
  • Ziyá-yi Dalq and his Brother
  • Dalqak’s game of Chess with the Sháh of Tirmid
  • The Prophet on Mount Hirá
  • The World that is living, speaking, and hearing
  • The Guest who took offence and departed
  • A Father’s advice to his married Daughter
  • The cowardly Súfí
  • ‘Iyádí and the Greater Warfare
  • The Man who tormented his Carnal Soul
  • The Caliph and the Captain
  • The Magicians of Pharaoh

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