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themselves more than others and, thinking that they are
more valuable than others, want others to do them favors,
protect them, and take an interest in them.
As long as they get this attention, they feel a certain
sense of love. But most often, this type of love does not
make others happy or feel loved, for it is false and direct-
ed toward gain. Being no more than a polite pretense for
the sake of other people’s feelings, it ends when the goal
is achieved. Naturally, they cannot show any sincere affec-
tion, no matter how often they express their love. All they
can do is to mouth the stereotyped words and phrases
generally available for this purpose and used on special
days set apart for expressions of love. However, believers
can express true love toward others with sincere, moving,
and wonderful words, because the joy of love is alive in
their hearts. Indeed, believers who sincerely honor and
love their beloved will never do or say anything to harm
that person. Above all, this type of love does not depend
upon circumstances or any expected reward from people.
True love expects a reward only from Allah, for its sole pur-
pose is to win His favor.
Unbelievers think that love grows weak over time due to
mutual boredom and a loss of enthusiasm. Of course,
many relationships end this way among the unbelievers,
for their love was based upon falsity and was never true. In
true love, time always plays a positive role, for it enables
each person to better appreciate the other’s compassion,
mercy, generosity, consideration, self-sacrifice, and other
good qualities. Their love grows stronger over time as their

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