Funny Story: First Preach

Nasreddin always wished himself to be an imam. He studied and practiced hard to be one. He tried to get a lot of knowledge and also practiced how to speak in front of a lot of people. He knew that it wouldn’t be easy. One day, he got an opportunity to give his first sermon.

   On his first day as the village’s imam, Nasreddin was seated on the raised bench, preparing to give a preach. Everyone was quite anxious to hear what he had to say. Nasreddin was very nervous. He wasn’t ready at all to give the preach. Then he tried to develop a conversation with them.

“Do you know what I am going to talk about?” he asked.

“If you don’t know what I am going to talk about, then I have nothing to tell you,” nasreddin replied.

He said that then he got up and left the mosque, leafing people behind him puzzled.

The next day, people gathered in the again. They were curious. They wanted to know what nasreddin was going to say. Nasreddin was back to his seat and the people were curiously waiting.

“Do you know what I am going to talk about?” he asked.

“no, we don’t know what I am going to talk about, then I have nothing to tell you,” nareddin replied.

He said that then he got up and left the mosque, leaving people behind him puzzled.

The next day, people gathered in the mosque again. They were curious. They wanted to know what nasreddin was going to say. Nasreddin was back to his seat and the people were curiously waiting.

“Do you know what I am going to tell you today?” nasreddin asked again.

“Yes we do, nasreddin’” they replied. Having learned from what had happened the day before, they didn’t say ‘no’ this time.

“well,” said nasreddin, “if you have already known what I am going to tell you, then I have nothing to tell you!”

He got up and left. The people gathering at the mosque were getting more confused.

On the third day, people gathering again in the mosque to listen to nasreddin preach. Nasreddin came, sat down and again he asked the same question.

“Do you know what I am going to tell you?”

These people wouldn't let nasreddin go away without giving a preach. So, some of them say ‘yes, we do’ and some others said ‘No, we don’t.

“Well, in that case, those who know should tell those who do not know, “he replied while walking out of the mosque once again.