Trots att det finns många beskrivningar om tidigare sufimästares liv och handlingar, finns det få möjligheter att läsa om hur en nutid sufimästare hanterar det komplexa moderna livet. Bestower of Light försöker sig på att göra just detta genom att ge ett intimt porträtt av Dr Javad Nurbakhshs liv. Han var mästare av Nimatullahi Sufi Orden i över 50 år. Boken skapar en levande färgrik inblick av Dr Nurbakhsh personlighet och karaktär som inte kan hittas i en annan källa.
A dramatic change had overcome Javad since his return from the khaniqah of his ancestor, a strangeness he didn’t understand, whose cause eluded him however much he sought to find it. All he knew was that some kind of turbulence, beyond his control, had arisen within him. Where before he had enjoyed the company of others, now he preferred to remain alone as much as possible. The only contentment he found was in solitutude. For hours each day, he would sit at home by himself meditating on life and God: nothing else seemed to matter to him anymore.
Although Javad’s parents and family had noticed the change in his behavior, it was one of his father’s close friends who first understood what was happening. The man had known the family for years and been a darvish of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order even longer. For weeks, he had been watching the boy, observing his strange actions. He had hesitated to say anything until he was sure, but now he knew there was no other possible explanation: he clearly recognized the signs of one attracted to God.
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Masters of the Path
Sufi Journal
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