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Posted on March 16, 2019 by michigansufi

Excerpt from Jesus in the Eyes of the Sufis Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 68)

Posted on February 10, 2019 by michigansufi

“Knowledge of the Self” excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 96 Winter 2019 (Page 11)

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“Sea Wave” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 232)

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“The One Who Has Reached Union (wasil)” excerpt from The Crucible of Light Sufi Terms Illuminated Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 273)

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“Sufism” excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 18)

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Aphorism 5 from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 95)

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Excerpt from The Path Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 43)

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“The Name of the Friend” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 174)

“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”