God's Love for Man. It is the man's heart which attract

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Love in Islam Ethics Lecturer Dr.
Bahmanpour By Marzia Jaghori ICAS, In
Affiliation with Middlesex University Winter
Semester December 17, 2004
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Similarly the way man has physical needs in life
which he strives and struggles to fulfill, the
soul too has needs that must be satisfied.
These spiritual needs and urges have been
placed by the hands of the creator in the depths
of the creations soul. Man has a natural
inclination to find Love and love in any form
towards any object has no valid reality except
when it is for the sake of God. All love
directly or indirectly in some way, shape, or
form is a mans hope to be in reach of the
ultimate perfection, which can be nobody but
God-the Almighty.
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Love the Sole Purpose of our Creation
God created the universe to have
something or someone there to reciprocate his
love back to him. From the vast universe to the
cosmos, the clouds above our heads to even the
most minuscule insects, there is love intertwined
within every creation of Allahs. There is no
realm of existence where love does not manifest
itself in some way.
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Oh my beloved! After witnessing Your infinite
beauty I become entangled. Seeing, the
manifestation of Your glory I become saturated
with joy and ecstasy. -Imam Khomeini
(Amini, Self Building. p.415)
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Love the Sole Purpose of our Creation
Gods Love for Man
It is the mans heart which attracts Gods love
towards mankind more than any other creature.
The angels cannot feel the intensity of Allahs
love as the humans can due to the fact that they
cannot undergo wrath, severity, and detachment
like man can. And the animals cannot feel love in
the way man is capable because they cannot
experience beauty, tenderness, and proximity
suitably. All the conflicting celestial qualities
are brought jointly within man, nearness,
distance, gentleness, and severity.
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God, mans real beloved
Surely my lord is all-merciful, all-love.
Holy Quran (1190)
True love and Imitative love True Love - All
love in actuality is love for God, for the reason
that everything else in existence is merely a
shadow or reflection of him. Only God truly
exists and one should only direct their love
towards him. Imitative Love - Belief in
independent existence of various objects of
desire therefore turn ones love towards them.
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The Secret I need a drink, wine maiden, that cup
with grape stain lined,for love that once seemed
pleasing has burdened down my mind. Ah smell
how West Wind wafts her musk through the tavern
doornow feel our pumping hearts beat fast,
watch our fears unwind. Why do we who visit
love think we'd stay forever?We know the yearn
to wander will always lovers find. So we asked
the Elder What law makes love bring
pain?Sobriety, he laughed, you'll feel better
when you're wined. Your plight cannot be aided
by that dull fear to riskthe toss and turn of
love's dark storm upon the ocean blind. See
clear in all these gathered friends who still
hold you dearlove's secret is that you must love
without desires that bind. Hafez, enjoy the one
you love, drink deep and embraceseek not with
her to please your world, just give love and be
kind. From 'The Spiritual Wisdom of
HafezHaleh Pourafzal and Roger Montgomery
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God, mans real beloved
I have turned my face towards him who
created the heavens and the earth Holy Quran
(679)

• Perfection
• Human nature seeks flawlessness and beauty, and
  God is the absolute perfection and eternal
  beauty. When one is in deep infatuation with
  someone or something, whatever the field to which
  they belong and whatever the object of their
  love, since they identify perfection with them,
  they concentrate all their attention to their
  beloved. They long for an absolute magnificence
  and perfection which has no defect. If they reach
  anything greater to it their heart turns away
  from the original ideal and towards another
  superior one. One by one every mans objects of
  desire will show their unfaithfulness and man
  with a broken heart will turn his love elsewhere.
  There is no other beloved except the perfect
  being towards whom human nature is directed, the
  only beloved that will not disappoint anyone
  eternally. All other love which is love for
  others than God originates from love for him, in
  due course leads to him.

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How to Reciprocate Gods Love

• Act in a Manner that would Please God
• Aside from the fact that one who loves God is
  loved by him, a real love for God prompts one to
  prove that if someone really loves him he would
  act in a manner that would please him. God says
  to Prophet Muhammad to tell the people in the
  Quran

Say, if you love God, then follow me, and God
will love you and forgive you your sins, and God
is forgiving and Merciful (331)
Invocation
Through invocation one can gradually lift himself
from the material world into the next world. A
lover enjoys talking to his beloved, strives at
every chance to do so, and feels the pain of
separation when they are not in proximity of
their beloved.
Remember the name of the lord at morning and
evening. Holy Quran (7625)
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• Ayatullah Baqir Al-Sadr
• In our world, there can be no truth except
  that of Allah's good pleasure. Had the Imam
  worked for worldly gains, he would have been the
  most miserable person. Yet when he worked for
  Allah, he said on his deathbed "By the God of the
  Ka'aba, I am a successful person". This world is
  not for the students of theology. A student
  looking for this world can get neither this world
  nor the next. Therefore, it is incumbent upon us,
  as students, to confine our efforts to seeking
  the next world for this world has no value to us.
  

• http//al-islam.org/beliefs/philosophy/sadrspeech.
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How to Reciprocate Gods Love

• Nothing should come into conflict with your love
  for God

Man must separate God from imitative beloveds,
enhance his seeking and need through spiritual
discipline under the guidance of an educated, and
wipe out all things other than God including
himself so only God can be the core of his
adoration.
Imam Ali once said Blessed is he who sincerely
devotes the entirety of his actions, knowledge,
love, hatred, receiving, relinquishing, speech,
silence, deeds, and statements absolutely to
Allah. Al-Majlisi, Bihar Al-Anwar,
vol.77, p.289. Imam Sadiq said once, The heart
is the sanctuary of God, therefore do not settle
therein anything but God. Al-Majlisi,
Bihar Al-Anwar, vol. 70, p.25.
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How to Reciprocate Gods Love
Nothing should come into conflict with your love
for God
If God asks us to give our lives to protect
innocent lives or our territorial integrity or
similar to, we shouldnt let our love for this
world or any other distraction i.e. family,
wealth, power, etc. avert us from striving in his
way.
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Say, If your fathers and your sons, your
brethren and your wives, your kinsfolk and the
property you have acquired, the commerce you fear
may slacken and the dwellings which you love-if
these are clearer to you than God and his apostle
and striving in his way, then wait till God
brings his command God does not guide an ungodly
people. Holy Quran (924)
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Love is the most important principle of existence
in the real world.
No one is more worthy of love and genuine
affection than the divine being.
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Love Allah (SWT)By Unknown Author
Thy love has infatuated meO my Allah, I love
Thee!Thy love is so sweet, reallyO my Allah, I
love Thee!
Neither wealth pleaseth me,Nor do I worry about
poverty.Thy love, alone, makes me happyO my
Allah, I love Thee!
Thou hast commanded us to pray,And advised to
keep in the right wayThine blessings to enjoy
in endless way.O my Allah, I love Thee!
The nafs I have is so treacherousPoor me, with
this being so lecherous!I've found the real
delight, so gorgeousO my Allah, I love Thee!
Doing the prayers properly,And also earning the
worldly,Is what I do daily and nightly.O my
Allah, I love Thee!
Love is not only words, O Hilmi!Thy Allah
commandeth drudgeryLet your manners testify to
thee!O my Allah, I love Thee!
Islam's enemies are so many,Attacking the
religion insidiouslyHow could one ever sit
idly!O my Allah, I love Thee!
A lover simply will not sit lazily,Lest his
darling should be hurt slightly.Silence the
enemy, and then say honestlyO my Allah, I love
Thee!
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