The Tailor of Life|خیاط زندگی

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“176th story”

First published: Jan.28.2021

Today I am going to share a very old story from the poet, RUMI—the story of a tailor who cheated on people’s fabrics.

The tailor was swift and sharp, and able to steal a part of the fabric right in front of the customer without them noticing.

A warden believed that can’t be true and wanted to confront this situation and prove to others that we can be careful, not to let this fraud happen. The warden went to the most tricky tailor which people addressed him.

The warden told these people: “This tailor wouldn’t be able to take even a weft from my fabric, I will prove that to you.”

People said: “This tailor stole from the sharpest customer; So for sure he will steal from you too.”

The warden said: “I bet my horse for this; if he couldn’t steal from my fabric, you have to give me a horse, and if I lost a part of my fabric, I will give you my horse.”

The next day the warden went to the cheater tailor with a piece of expensive silk fabric.

When the tailor saw the expensive piece, welcomed the warden warmly.

The warden said: “I need it to be ready very fast.”

The tailor took his meter out to measure the warden while he made a friendly conversation.

He told funny stories while he was cutting the fabric. The warden was laughing hard. Every time the warden’s eyes closed out of boisterous laugh the tailor cut a piece of the material for himself.

The warden asked the tailor to tell him another joke, and the tailor said: “If I tell you one more joke, then your shirt will be very tight for you to wear.”

Rumi then says: “The tailor of life keeps you busy and slowly cuts and steals your precious time of life. It will steal your attention, then takes your intelligence; and last but not least, will steal your rhythm.

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45 comments ›

  1. parneetsachdev
    January 28, 2021 • 8:28 am

    This is excellent. I wish that saroosh did very well and you touch many lives

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  2. hassanmosleh
    January 28, 2021 • 10:39 am

    The warden had to lose his horse in the bit, to find out the truth, beautiful story.

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  3. Martina Ramsauer
    January 28, 2021 • 11:17 am

    I always have the impression that the life lections are not free of charge! Many thanks for this story and much success with your book:)

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  5. Christy B
    January 28, 2021 • 5:35 pm

    You share great lessons here!

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  6. Crissy
    January 28, 2021 • 11:54 pm

    Excellent story Laleh. 💜

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  7. www.corneliaweber-photography.com
    January 29, 2021 • 12:12 am

    Rumi is the wised, to transform anything to the TRUTH

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  8. Lahoucine Elassry
    January 29, 2021 • 4:47 pm

    Awesome, I appreciate

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  10. bigskybuckeye
    January 31, 2021 • 9:35 am

    Your stories find their own unique way to teach us about life. Thank you Laleh.

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  11. Anna Waldherr
    January 31, 2021 • 1:01 pm

    Bravo! An exceptionally wise tale.

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  12. morishige
    February 1, 2021 • 7:15 am

    I really love this story! Thank you 🙂

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  13. quercuscommunity
    February 3, 2021 • 3:47 pm

    A funny story, and one with a purpose too. Thank you.

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  14. fulvialuna1
    February 9, 2021 • 3:45 pm

    La vita prende…ma da anche nolto. Bisogna attenzionare la nostra anima perchè ciò avvenga.

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  16. utahan15
    January 12, 2023 • 12:42 pm

    hole in my pocket
    and mind too
    not a fan of rumi
    meetcha at zafrans tho
    off i go

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  17. janetsm
    January 12, 2023 • 5:11 pm

    I enjoy every one of your stories, Laleh. There’s always a lesson to be learned. Thank you for sharing these stories and for illustrating them so beautifully.

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  18. anne leueen
    January 12, 2023 • 7:03 pm

    As always with your stories Laleh I can take away the moral of this story and give it importance in my life!

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  20. aruna3
    January 22, 2023 • 2:43 am

    Post is amazing more then before❤🌹❤

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