Nasreddin Hodja is Turkey's (and perhaps all of Islam's) best-known
trickster. His legendary wit and droll trickery were possibly based on the
exploits and words of a historical imam. Nasreddin reputedly was born in
1208 in the village of Horto near Sivrihisar. In 1237 he moved to Aksehir,
where he died in the Islamic year 683 (1284 or 1285). As many as 350
anecdotes have been attributed to the Hodja, as he most often is called.
Hodja is a title meaning teacher or scholar. He frequently is compared
with the northern European trickster Till Eulenspiegel. The following is one of his stories, please enjoy.Everyone Is Right
Once when Nasreddin Hodja was serving as qadi, one of his neighbors came to him with a complaint against a fellow neighbor.
The Hodja
listened to the charges carefully, then concluded, "Yes, dear neighbor,
you are quite right."
Then the
other neighbor came to him. The Hodja listened to his defense carefully, then
concluded, "Yes, dear neighbor, you are quite right."
The Hodja's
wife, having listened in on the entire proceeding, said to him, "Husband,
both men cannot be right."
The Hodja
answered, "Yes, dear wife, you are quite right."
Our opinion is based on the way we see something that's what make one person is different from another, because we see something differently.
ReplyDeleteAnd Nasreddin did the right thing, because everyone want to be approved, he doesn't to be blamed. Even Alcapone, when the judge asked him why he killed people, he answered" "I didn't kill them, I defended myself from being killed".