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Satan's Tactics
tion of their love for Allah. According to the Qur'an, it is impossible
for them to feel such love for a human being, or, for instance, one
who rebels against or denies Allah. Believers love for the good pleas-
ure of Allah, and love those who act according to His will, disliking
those who do not. As a result of their love of human beings repre-
senting their love for Allah, it is profound and enduring. In contrast,
the so-called love of the idolaters is superficial and fleeting.
For idolaters, love is expressed for the numerous false-deities
they idolize. Though, they claim to love Allah. And yet, that love is
merely verbal. Rather, they devote their energies towards these idols
on which they expend their misdirected love. They love, for exam-
ple, their fathers, sons, spouses, money, position and rank, far more
than they do Allah. The love felt by the unbelievers is discussed in
the following verse:
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 pun-
ishment. (Surat al-Baqara, 165)
Another of the more common manifestations of the idolization
of others besides Allah, so prevalent in those societies ignorant of
the true religion, is inordinate love of women. If the love felt for a
woman surpasses that felt for Allah, then that passion is tantamount
of deifying another besides Him. More correctly, love felt for another
human is only justified if he or she reflects divine qualities. Since
there is no limit of the love that can be felt for the divine, that is,
Allah, that love, by one who loves for the sake of Allah, is powerful
and lasting.

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