A Believer's True Love – High (Spiritual) Love.

In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

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      According to the Holy Qur’an, there are three types of love. I. High (spiritual) love, II. Middle love, III. Low love.

    Now, let us talk for a while in detail about each of these types, praying for Allah’s guidance to the straightway, for it is Him alone, who we beseech aid and guidance.

I. High (spiritual) Love:

    Undoubtedly, love of Allah and His Messenger, and Striving in His path is preferred; in the sight of pious men, above all other types of love, as love of Allah and His Messenger is a requirement of faith and a condition of being a true Muslim. It is also the only way to support Allah’s religion, spread the message of Islam, and establishes the edifice of Islam throughout the world.

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    Certainly the believer, who tastes the joys of belief, inclines more to the love of Allah, as he knows that Allah is the Most Glorified, the Most Great and the Most Perfect. No one can multiply or describe this perfection and glory. He also believes that divine law should be followed, because it is comprehensive and free from bias and imperfection. Therefore, he endeavors truthfully and determinedly to establish this law because he realizes that:

      Allah is surely the Owner of the world and the Controller of all creation. This Owner manages His creatures’ affairs in the way He decides and chooses. Man, as one of these creatures, submits to this Owner and Controller. The Holy Qur’an  declares:

“And your Lord creates whatever He wills and chooses: no choices have they (in any matter). Glorified is Allah, and exalted above all that they associate (as partners with Him)” (Surah Al-Qasas: 68, The Holy Quran)

Allah also declares:

“It is not for a believer, a man or women, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decisions” (Surah Al-Ahzab: 36, The Holy Quran)

      He also recognizes that Allah is All Knowing and so He legislates laws that are suitable for His Creatures’ circumstances and interests. Allah, the Almighty says:

“Say, “Do you know better or does Allah knows better…?” (Surah Al-Baqarah: 140, The Holy Quran)

“And Allah is the All-Knower of each and everything” (Surah Al-Baqarah: 282, The Holy Quran)

He also says:

“And Allah knows and you know not” (Surah An-Noor: 19, The Holy Quran)

      He is also sure that the Exalted Allah is Ever-Wise in His judgment. His wisdom means that He puts things in the right place to achieve interest and prevents loss. Allah, the Almighty says:

“And Allah is All-knower, All-Wise” (Surah Al-Anfal: 71, The Holy Quran)

“Certainly He is All-Mighty, All-Wise” (Surah Al-Anfal: 63, The Holy Quran)

      The beliver also knows that Allah is the Only law-Giver and that man is absolutely incapable of enacting laws for himself because he is affected by his environment, emotions, sentiment, religion, bias, and the party which follows. Almighty Allah declares:

“Say:  Muhammad (peace be upon him) ‘Shall I seek a judge other than Allah while it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (The Holy Qur’an), explained in details”

(Surah Al-An’am: 114, The Holy Qur’an)

He also declares:

            “Have you seen him who takes his own lusts (vain desires) as his ilah (god), and Allah knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart, and put a cover over his sight. Who then will guide him after Allah? Will you not then remember?” (Surah Al-Jathiya: 23, The Holy Qur’an)

Whatever I have written that is true is from Allah alone while anything that is false is from myself and shaytan. Subhanaka Allahummah wa bihamdika, ash hadu an la illaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atuboo ilayk.

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Source: Kalamullah.com, Forward By Prof. Abdullah Tantaawy, ‘Abdullah Nasih ‘Ulwan