| “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 August 29, 2015 by michigansufi

The Chivalry of Iranian Sufis excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 58 Summer 2003

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God’s Remembrance excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 61 Spring 2004

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The Obscure Path of Life excerpt from SUFI Magazine Issue 18

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Excerpt from The Psychology of Sufism by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on August 13, 2015 by michigansufi

Love and Reason Discourse from Discourses on the Sufi Path Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Posted on August 13, 2015 by michigansufi

Listen To God excerpt from Divan-e Nurbakhsh Poems of a Sufi Master 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”