Page 93 - The Worst Slander: Idolatry

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those things of which He approves and finds pleasing.
When looked at through the eyes of faith, all beauty pos-
sessed by human beings is understood to belong to Allah.
Those who realize this naturally turn to Him and are aware
that by loving the other person, they actually love Allah.
Idolatrous love, however, is quite different. Allah reveals in
the Qur'an about the idolaters who have adopted idols
apart from Himself:
He (Abraham) said: "You have adopted idols apart from
Allah as tokens of mutual affection in this world. But
then on the Day of Rising, you will reject and curse each
other. The Fire will be your shelter. You will have no
helpers." (Surat al-'Ankabut: 25)
This bond of love will turn into hatred and mutual rejec-
tion, because these man-made idols to which people
became attached through emotional bonds will bring them
chastisement in the Hereafter. No one who takes Allah as
his or her Only God can ever love any other thing or person
as much as or more than he or she loves Allah. As for the
idolaters, Allah says in the Qur'an:

Some people set up equals to Allah, loving them as they
should love Allah. But those who believe have greater
love for Allah. If only you could see those who do wrong
at the time when they see the punishment, and that truly
all strength belongs to Allah, and that Allah is severe in
punishment. (Surat al-Baqara: 165)
The believers give Allah all of their love, for not doing so
would mean that they are not sincere in their faith or lack a
proper knowledge of Allah and Islam. Indeed, those who