Concept of Love and Human Interaction Variations: (a Study in the Light of Contemporary Islamic Thought)
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The Qur'an mentions categories of servants whom Allah loves and others whom He does not love. This group of verses clarifies that Allah loves all that is beautiful in actions and good morals. Similarly, He does not love all that is ugly in actions and bad morals. Also, if worship is not accompanied by love, and is limited to fear of the fire or hope for paradise, then this worship is not called the worship of the free, as sincere love for Allah removes barriers. The heart sees its Lord, speaks to Him as if He were present. There is great importance and wide space in the hadiths and narrations (about love); they indicate that there is no meaning to religion without love. The concept of love represented a principal pillar for Islamic thinkers, as it is to them like the axis around which the millstone revolves; they bestowed upon it great status, giving it the highest and noblest position, whether it is for the absolute concept of love or for every love related to Allah, the Exalted.
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