Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of the Nimatullahi Order passed away from this world on October 10, 2008, in Oxford, England.
“From everything we were or were not, we are free, with Love
The heart remained tied to your passion, with Love
Love alone, was the goal of our journey
Free from all other we rested, with Love.”
-- Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
Early on the morning of October 10, 2008 the Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order, Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Nur 'Ali Shah), surrendered his soul to the Beloved.
For more than fifty years, as the Master of the Order and guide to the Nimatullahi darvishes, he illuminated our path and our hearts with the light he radiated, with the love he had for all creation, with his passionate dedication to the Beloved and service to all, with his spiritual charisma and his loving guidance.
"In truth, all was He and will be He - not I."
Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order, passed away on Friday, October 10th 2008. Leaving Tehran in 1979, and after travelling widely in the United States, he settled in England in 1986 and never returned to Iran where the Order continues to thrive despite official attempts to deny the spirit of Iranian Sufis. He himself personified the Sufi life, serving humanity in humility and love. In addition to his role as a Sufi master, he was a pioneer in developing and establishing modern psychiatric practice and facilities in his native Iran.
Remembering the Master
This entry is for remembrances of Agha Jan, Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, by those who's lives and being were touched with his presence.

Please, feel free to leave others with your feelings, thoughts and reminiscences, comforts and memorials.

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Thu, 2008-11-27 21:03
چون که گل رفت و گلستان شد
خراب بوی گل را از که جویم ؟ از گلاب
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Sun, 2008-11-30 12:52
هرگز نمیرد آنکه دلش زنده شد به عشق
ثبت است بر جریده ی عالم دوام ما
پری ناز از شیراز
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Sun, 2008-11-30 19:34
I have been crazy you know, Nurbakhsh
Not knowing your fire will burn my wings
Although this is what I wished for
Not afraid of getting close!
Although knew you grant me a burning soul.
Don’t you know I had nothing else to offer you?
But having a burning heart and a broken wing
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Tue, 2008-12-02 11:50
I hear you saying: look around no more
Look within your heart to see my image
I look inside but you hide your image
Hearing your seditious laughter, trembling the eternity
Oh You ‘Nurbakhsh’ need a crazy soul and a bloody heart
I desire you and you coquetry
Don’t blame me of burning like a moth
Seeing, you set a seditious act.
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Tue, 2008-12-02 17:09
Dear Master:
Thank you. Although we have never met in person, you saved me from what would have been a vicious assault this last summer. If it didn't happen to me, I would never believe it hearing from someone else.
Thank you for everything-your guidance, your prayers, patience and assistance.
Ya Haqq.
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Thu, 2008-12-04 22:39
آن که مست آمد و دستی به دل ما زد و رفت در
این خانه ندانم به چه سودا زد و رفت
دل تنگش سر گل چیدن ازین باغ نداشت
قدمی چند به آهنگ تماشا زد و رفت
مرغ دریا خبر از یک شب توفانی داشت
گشت و فریاد کشان بال به دریا زد و رفت
چه هوایی به سرش بود که با دست تهی
پشت پا بر هوس دولت دنیا زد و رفت
بس که اوضاع جهان در هم و ناموزون دید
قلم نسخ برین خط چلیپا زد و رفت
دل خورشیدی اش از ظلمت ما گشت ملول
چون شفق بال به بام شب یلدا زد و رفت
همنوای دل من بود و به هنگام قفس
ناله ای در غم مرغان هم آوا زد و رفت
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Sat, 2008-12-06 09:22
You said: you find me follow your heart
You said: you'll find me when you set you first step inside
Years and years passed until I met you
Now I found you and I am lost in this hug crowd
All lonely but not alone, took you inside with me, “Nurbaksh’
Let your sun rise and set and clouds weep like my heart
Shake earth underneath, but you stay inside, that’s all my heart desires.
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Wed, 2008-12-10 06:55
zaan vaqt ke doost rafte ast
delam aaroom nagirad
to ke vey bemaanad dar bast
az ghame yaar jaanam mimirad
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Wed, 2008-12-10 07:54
اشکم احرام طواف حرمت می بندد
گرچه از خون دل ریش دمی طاهر نیست
به یاد 19 اذر
یا حق
کتی-تبریز
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Thu, 2008-12-11 01:07
On the day of his birth, news of his passing
Oh Beloved Master, Your Great Love is eternal!
Ever living in all of our hearts
Our one meeting, a gift beyond measure, the blessing of a lifetime.
Ya Haqq.
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Thu, 2008-12-11 16:58
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Sat, 2008-12-20 08:09
Breathe out, cry out and opening my eyes and entering into the world of illusion.
Opening my eyes, playing my part, time has come
Breathe in; beloved is waiting, closing my eyes
Ah, didn’t desire breathe in and out but ‘you ‘behind this coming and going.
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Sat, 2008-12-27 09:28
Terry - I'm writing to you as the Ni'matullahi I talked to most and remember best. Though I never became even the most elementary kind of darvish to your late Master - my own unresolved past, the need to respect others' anxieties about such a move, the deterioration of relations between Islam and the rest of the world all became obstacles - somewhere I reserved a hope that one day this could happen. No longer in this world, alas. Of my two short sessions with your Master, the first was short and emphasized his being a way of the Heart. The second was a little longer, and I sensed something about him that I hadn't the first time, how very lovable he was. I will remember his choice of a humble bearing (he wouldn't let me call him "sir"), and above all the sheer warmth that he radiated, to the end of my life. May G-d sanctify his secret and remember his grace. May you too travel well.
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Tue, 2009-01-06 21:08
YaHaqq
نور
علی کی رفت و ما را جا گذاشت
شکر
ایزد در دل ما جای داشت
از
الست نور علی نور خداست
کی
بود نور خدا از وی جدا
به
که جای غم کنیم شادی بسی
چون
که نور حق هویداست در کسی
ای
مریدان نور حق نور رضاست
جانشین
بر حق نور خداست
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Tue, 2009-01-27 10:58
He had lived a fulfilling and accomplished life. People surely learned a lot by reminiscing about his life. He will remain in our hearts forever. May he continue to serve as an inspiration to many people.
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