6,000 Dari Books Donated to Afghans in UK

6,000 Dari Books Donated to Afghans in UK

Over the past six months, thanks to your generous support, ISF has distributed 6,000 copies of ISF’s Dari translations – including the Nasrudin titles and our illustrated children’s edition, Speak First and Lose – to Afghan refugees recently arrived in the UK. We have been working with Care4Calais, Bath Welcome Refugees, the Refugee Council, the … Read More

Ahrar and the Wealthy Couple from Wisdom of the Idiots

Ahrar and the Wealthy Couple from Wisdom of the Idiots

From the Idries Shah Traditional Psychology More stories Buy now ‘Because what narrow thinkers imagine to be wisdom is often seen by the Sufis to be folly, the Sufis in contrast sometimes call themselves “The Idiots.”’ — Idries Shah. Sufi stories contain several levels of meaning and work like psychological mirrors in which the reader … Read More

The Tale of the Sands from Tales of the Dervishes

The Tale of the Sands from Tales of the Dervishes

From the Idries Shah Sufi Studies and Middle Eastern Literature More stories Buy now Although enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, Dervish tales were never presented merely on the level of a fable, legend or folklore. They stand in comparison in wit, construction and piquancy with the finest stories of any culture, yet their true function as Sufi … Read More

The Casket of Jewels from Wisdom of the Idiots

The Casket of Jewels from Wisdom of the Idiots

From the Idries Shah Traditional Psychology More stories Buy now ‘Because what narrow thinkers imagine to be wisdom is often seen by the Sufis to be folly, the Sufis in contrast sometimes call themselves “The Idiots.”’ — Idries Shah. Sufi stories contain several levels of meaning and work like psychological mirrors in which the reader … Read More

When the Waters Were Changed from Tales of the Dervishes

When the Waters Were Changed from Tales of the Dervishes

From the Idries Shah Sufi Studies and Middle Eastern Literature More stories Buy now Although enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, Dervish tales were never presented merely on the level of a fable, legend or folklore. They stand in comparison in wit, construction and piquancy with the finest stories of any culture, yet their true function as Sufi … Read More

Dari, Farsi, Turkish Translations

Dari, Farsi and Turkish Translations We have a selection of Idries Shah’s books available in Dari, Farsi, Turkish from Sufi Studies, Traditional Psychology, Current and Traditional Ideas as well as from the Nasrudin stories.

Books – Turkish Translations

Turkish Translations We have a number of Idries Shah’s books available in Farsi from Sufi Studies, Traditional Psychology, Current and Traditional Ideas as well as from the Nasrudin stories.

The Fruit of Heaven from Wisdom of the Idiots

The Fruit of Heaven from Wisdom of the Idiots

From the Idries Shah Traditional Psychology More stories Buy now ‘Because what narrow thinkers imagine to be wisdom is often seen by the Sufis to be folly, the Sufis in contrast sometimes call themselves “The Idiots.”’ — Idries Shah. Sufi stories contain several levels of meaning and work like psychological mirrors in which the reader … Read More