Tuesday 2 May 2017

TO LOVE FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH





To love someone for the sake of Allah is to love them as a verb, where to love is to serve. That is, serve someone for the sake of Allah because they are in your life as family, colleagues or friends or because they have come to you and appear to require your service. In such cases, you may not even like the person, but you submit to your role, your duty or what the moment asks of you for Allah's sake - not for the sake of the person really (though you strive to do what is best for them) and not for your own sake (to benefit yourself or appear good).

To love someone for the sake of Allah is to love them -- as a noun, a warm, expansive, pleasurable feeling; or as a verb, where to love is to serve -- because they love Allah and they demonstrate their love for Allah in their actions and speech.

To love someone for the sake of Allah -- as a noun and as a verb -- is to love someone because you see the Divine Reflected in their goodness or beauty.

To love someone for the sake of Allah is to love someone unconditionally, without any regard for self-interest.

and AllahuAlim

image: kufic "Allah Hu" with thanks via the internet

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