What is love? How can it be explained? Love is a feeling of inspiration. It can be overwhelming and underwhelming all at the same time. It can be incremental and it can be a surge of energy.
Love is like an universal power adapter, different plug heads for different situations. Love of Allah, love of your child, love of your spouse, love of parents, love of family. The list goes on.
What is it though? A chemical reaction? Or is it more than that? To me it is an intangible emotion that makes you who you are.
But are there boundaries to love? Should there be boundaries? The answer is yes – for there should be only one boundless form of love and that is for the Creator, our Lord – Allah. We should love Him unconditionally, wholely and respectfully. When that bond has been formed and nurtured correctly with Him, then all other forms of love falls into place and the balance between extremes of love becomes centred.
Do not love the creation MORE THAN the Creator, because that is when things will go wrong. Keep yourself steady by leaning on Allah so that should things go wrong or disappointment occurs, your heart is protected in the promise of Allah’s love. Believing in and accepting His Qadr (pre-destination) is in itself a form of blind but pure love. The only time I myself will be blindly in love.
Do you all remember that lyric from that song? “love is in the air…everywhere i look around….”. This one lyric is actually true. Everything we see, whether it is the birds flying in the sky, the trees swaying in the wind, the teacher using their intellect to educate a child, a mother feeding her child, the sun shining brightly, people walking with their own two feet down the street, these are all blessings from Allah. And most importantly it is Allah’s love for us humans – His creation. Surely we must return this love.
“Verily, those who believe [in the One of Allah and in His Messenger (Muhammad SAW)] and work deeds of righteousness, the Most Gracious (Allah) will bestow love for them (in the hearts of the believers)” (Surah Maryam: 96).
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