The Sufiis tell the story of a man who gave some money to four friends- a Persian an Arab, a Turk, and a Greek. The Persian suggested " Let's spend this on 'angur' . "No" said the Arab, " I want to spend the money on 'inab'. The Turk demanded, "we should spend the money on 'uzum' The Greek shouted, "stop all this arguing. We're going to buy 'istafil'. And so they began to fight. All because they did not know that each one of them was talking about grapes.
reference:The Heart of Islam by Timothy Freke
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