Section 1 - Prologue: One night, I burned with the oil of thought.

Section 2 - Tale: I had a companion in Isfahan.

Section 3 - Tale of the Archer from Ardabil: There was an iron-fingered man in Ardabil.

Section 4 - Tale of the Physician and the Kurd: One night, a Kurd could not sleep from side pain.

Section 5 - Tale: A villager's donkey collapsed.

Section 6 - Tale: I heard that a poor man lost a coin.

Section 7 - Tale: An elder struck his son with a stick.

Section 8 - Tale of the Dervish and the Wealthy Neighbor: A noble star named Bakhtiar.

Section 9 - Tale: An old dervish in the land of Kish.

Section 10 - Tale of the Vulture and the Raven: Thus spoke a vulture to a raven.

Section 11 - Tale: How beautifully the weaving apprentice spoke.

Section 12 - Proverb: The baby camel spoke to its mother:

Section 13 - On Sincerity and Its Blessing Versus Hypocrisy and Its Curse: Worship is virtuous with sincere intention.

Section 14 - Tale: I heard of a young boy who was fasting.

Section 15 - Tale: A wicked person fell from a ladder.