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“The Different Kinds of Passions” excerpt from The Psychology of Sufism by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 31)

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Aphorism 23 from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 113)

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“I am drunk from head to toe” excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 98 Winter 2020 (Page 7)

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“The Sufi Path” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 48)

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Excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 41)

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“God” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Pages 32-33)

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“Truth and Falsity (haqq wa batil)” excerpt from The Crucible of Light Sufi Terms Illuminated Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 125)

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“Love and Reason” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 41)

“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”