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restore the love between you battle. Those are the people
and those of them who are who are true. They are the
now your enemies. God is people who have piety.
All-Powerful. God is Ever- (Surat al-Baqara, 177)
Forgiving, Most Merciful.
(Surat al-Mumtahana, 7)
Expecting only love in
return for good deeds
Love entails in seeking God's
self-giving
pleasure
They give food, despite their
That is the good news,
love for it, to the poor
which God gives to His ser-
and orphans and
vants who believe and do
captives. (Surat
right actions. Say: 'I do not
al-Insan, 8)
ask you for any wage for this
It is not devout- –except for you to love your
ness to turn your .................................................................. near of kin. If anyone does a
faces to the East or good action, We will in-
to the West. Rather, those crease the good of it for him.
with true devoutness are God is Ever-Forgiving, Ever-
those who believe in God Thankful.' (Surat ash-Shura,
and the Last Day, the Angels, 23)
the Book and the Prophets,
and who, despite their love
Love should be for
for it, give away their wealth
to their relatives and to or- God
phans and the very poor, and Some people set up equals ADNAN OKTAR (HARUN YAHYA)
to travelers and beggars and to God, loving them as they
to set slaves free, and who should love God. But those
perform prayers and pay who believe have greater
alms; those who honor their love for God. If only you
contracts when they make could see those who do
them, and are steadfast in wrong at the time when they
poverty and illness and in see the punishment, and 47
