Mulla Nasruddin s family was upset because the girl he was planning to marry was an atheist We ll not have you marrying an atheist his mother said What can I do? I love her the young Nasruddin said Well said his mother if she loves you she will do anything you ask You should talk religion to her If you are persistent you can win her over Several weeks went by then one morning at breakfast the young Mulla seemed absolutely brokenhearted What s the matter? his mother asked I thought you were making such good progress in your talks about religion to your young girlfriend That s the trouble said Nasruddin I over did it Last night she told me that she was so convinced that she is going to study to be a nun

Once Mulla Nasruddin was invited to deliver a sermon When he got on the pulpit he asked Do you know what I am going to say? The audience replied No So he announced I have no desire to speak to people who don t even know what I will be talking about and left The people felt embarrassed and called him back again the next day This time when he asked the same question the people replied yes So Nasruddin said Well since you already know what I am going to say I won t waste any more of your time and left Now the people were really perplexed They decided to try one more time and once again invited the Mulla to speak the following week Once again he asked the same question Do you know what I am going to say? Now the people were prepared and so half of them answered yes while the other half replied no So Nasruddin said Let the half who know what I am going to say tell it to the half who don t and left