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Love of Allah

PATIENCE IS ONE OF THE

MANIFESTATIONS OF LOVE OF ALLAH

ADNAN OKTAR: Masha'Allah, people normally think of reli-
gious statements as moral statements about very plain issues, and
there are various aspects they don't concentrate on much. The fact is
there are many secrets in religion. One of these is patience. Thanks
to patience people live extremely comfortably and, patience totally

eliminates all the obstacles to true love. Without patience, human be-
ings are very sensitive entities, they will finish friendships in just 15
minutes, not even half an hour, when they become fixated with
something someone said, a lack of concern on their part or any an-
swers they may have given on any subject. That is enough for them
to finish it. They can come up with the most terrible distortions. They
can misunderstand something perfectly reasonable or the other par-

ty, who may actually be open to real love, can really behave unrea-

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