This issue asks how the intellect is transformed by love and practice, linking discernment with ascetic discipline, the language of the sublime, and lived companionship. In his discourse, Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh explores the nature of the intellect in Sufism, distinguishing ordinary people, scholars, and Sufis, and showing how the intellect becomes a true servant only when guided by love. Essays expand the theme with an inquiry into love (Jean Nabavian), a portrait of Sahl of Shushtar’s asceticism (Terry Graham), reflections from South Africa (Mark Nepo), and a study of al-Niffari’s “language of the sublime” (Amin Yousef Odeh). Narratives by Manuel Colón and Tim Smith evoke companionship and the night sky’s intimations, while poetry gathers a translation from Rumi (Jawid A. Mojaddedi), Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh’s “The Talisman of the Self,” a rendering from Ghalib (Robert Bly and Sunil Dutta), and new poems by Rebekah Kenton and Richard Barton. In the Old Wine section, an adaptation from Rumi’s Fihi ma Fihi recounts the parable of the thief in the orchard, exposing how self-deception twists providence into excuse, and reminding that true accountability lies in sincerity and responsibility before God.