| “I desire only You; I utter only Your name. I see but One, say but One, and want but One.”

“I desire only You; I utter only Your name. I see but One, say but One, and want but One.”

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The Flight of Love
By: Alireza Nurbakhsh
(Nimatullahi_Sufi_House Instagram)

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“The Meaning of Surrender” excerpt from Sufi Journal Issue 78 Winter/Spring 2009 (Pages 4-5)

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“The Light of Presence” excerpt from SUFI Journal Issue 93 Summer 2017 (Page 7)

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“Submission” excerpt from SUFI Journal Issue 14 (Page 4)

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“Submission” excerpt from a Live Discourse by Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh Banbury Khaniqah July 3, 2021

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“Love for the Friend” by Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh London January 10, 2016 from www.nimatullahi.org

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“The Meaning of Surrender” excerpt from Sufi Journal Issue 78 Winter/Spring 2009 (Page 5)

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“Surrender to God” excerpt from a Live Discourse by Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh London Khaniqah March 29, 2020

“It is said that, when asked how many ways there are from creation to God, Abu Sa’id replied, “According to one account, there are a thousand ways, according to another, there are as many as there are particles in existence, but the shortest, the best, and the easiest way to God is to bring comfort to someone else.”

It is in the same context that Rumi writes:

For God’s pleasure should you do your service;

What care have you whether you bear peoples’ praise or censure?

Or, in Sa’di’s words:

Service to people is the whole of worship:

The worship of God is not done

by rosary beads, robes of piety or prayer carpets.”

-from The Key Features of Sufism, Dr Javad Nurbakhsh

“Service to People is the Whole of Worship”