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“The Sanctuary of Sincerity and Purity” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 29)

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“Jesus and the Man who desired an Atom of Love” excerpt from Jesus in the Eyes of the Sufis Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 110)

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Aphorism 30 from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 120)

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“The Service of the Sufi” excerpt from The Path: Sufi Practices Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 49)

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Excerpt from Jesus in the Eyes of the Sufis Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 82)

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“Devotion” excerpt from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 86)

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“Listen to God” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 235)

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“Love and Life” excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Page 191)

“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”