Page 52 - Love of Allah

Love of Allah

You have to have fortitude in the face of the filth and unpleasantness
there. He shows it all as a kind of feature of Hell. What does having
fortitude in the face of it all mean? "O Lord," you say, "I love You
very much. I will never forego my love of You, my passion for You,

no matter what happens." Isn't that right? "Even if I die." You say
they can take my possessions and tear my body into pieces, but I
will never forsake You. What is this? This is being madly in love.
That is what Allah exactly wants from us. This world and Hell are of
no account once love of Him does not exist. Nowhere is of any im-
portance, Allah forbid. Everywhere the lover goes is pleasurable and
delightful. Otherwise, a man can go to Paradise and in a mansion of

Paradise he may be devastated by troubles, may Allah forbid. If you
take someone in this world and put him in Paradise, he will do very
wrong things and oppress others even there if they go with that
mindset, that logic, with that classic greed. They will hurt other peo-
ple and be rude to them even there. Paradise will then turn into a
kind of Hell, may Allah forbid, won't it? He will inflict
suffering on others. In that case Paradise turns into
a kind of Hell, Allah forbid, doesn't it? It inflicts
suffering on people. But with love of Allah,

Paradise is delightful. With the passion felt for
Allah it becomes very beautiful. That is what
makes Paradise beautiful. Otherwise, a
house, buildings, flesh and bones do not
make people happy. It is love of
Allah that makes a person hap-
py. That is why people are un-

able to be happy. (Adiyaman
ASU TV, November 30, 2009)

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