Page 55 - Zeal and Enthusiasm in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

love and companionship since the affection they have for one an-
other is often advantage-ridden. As soon as they no longer find
benefits to reap, the intimacy they consider to be love or friendship

also ends.
The people who best experience love and friendship and live
them in their truest sense are believers. The main reason, as ex-
pressed earlier in this book, is that they love one another not for
benefit but only because those they love are conscientious and sin-
cere believers. What makes a person lovable and desired as a
friend is the fear of Allah and piety which makes a person live by the

values of the Qur’an in the most meticulous way. One who lives by
the values of the Qur’an also knows what characteristics he must
possess to be worthy of friendship, and he adopts these character-
istics in the most perfect way. Similarly, he can appreciate charac-
teristics worthy of admiration in another person and can love in a
true sense.
As long as this understanding persists and values of the Qur’an
pervade, the excitement derived from love and friendship never
abates. Furthermore, as people display more and more good

morals, the pleasure and excitement they receive from love and
friendship continuously increases. As they notice attributes pecu-
liar to believers, signs of faith and conscience, sincerity, fear of
Allah and piety in one another, their enthusiasm grows. They find it
inspiring to be surrounded by people who are worthy of Allah’s ac-
ceptance and love and are likely to attain an admirable rank in the
hereafter. Hence, they feel pleasure in making friends with people

to whom Allah has granted His own companionship.
Since their love is based on an understanding of companion-
ship which will last for all eternity, it never lessens and does not end

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