An Imbecile Asked

 A certain Bektashi dervish was respected for his piety and appearance of virtue.  Whenever anyone asked him how he had become so holy, he always answered, "I know what is in the Koran."

One day he had just given this reply to an enquirer in a coffeehouse, when an imbecile asked, "Well, what is in the Koran?"

"In the Koran," said the Bektashi, "there are two pressed flowers and a letter from my friend Abdullah."

~Indries Shah