| “All of creation subsists through the aspiration of love; The binding of atom with atom and all the particles of the cosmos are from Him.”

Posted on January 23, 2016 by michigansufi

Poem from SUFI Magazine Number 50/Summer 2001

Posted on December 23, 2015 by michigansufi

Excerpt from The Crucible of Light Sufi Terms Illuminated Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on December 23, 2015 by michigansufi

Spiritual Yearning excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 86 Winter 2014

Posted on December 23, 2015 by michigansufi

The Sufis’ Sama excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on December 23, 2015 by michigansufi

Excerpt from The Psychology of Sufism by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on November 27, 2015 by michigansufi

Excerpt from Sufi Symbolism Volume VIII Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

“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”