Page 107 - Romanticism: A Weapon of Satan

The Idea of Romantic Love

The Love of a Believer
In short, directing one's feelings of adoration to anyone other than

God, or to any one of His creatures, is a critical cause leading to 105
"idolatry." As for believers, as we said earlier, they adore only God,
though they recognise in their fellow-believers, and in creation, the
manifestation of His qualities. They love only for the sake of God.
They do not love something independently of Him. The Prophet
Mohammed also drew attention to this point and said, "Whoever
amongst your followers die without having worshipped others
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besides Allah, will enter Paradise." This is both the proof as well as
the necessary condition of faith.
A believer's love is pure and clear as light, and creates a lightness
in the heart, because the true object of love is God. For this reason, a

believer does not grieve over the death of someone he loves, for his
qualities were a reflection of God's, or feel disappointed when he has
lost one of his favourite possessions. He knows that the owner of all
the material and spiritual good in the object of love, as well as that
beauty found in it, was a reflection of God. God is immortal,
indestructible, timeless and eternal, and, most importantly, He is
closer to a believer than his jugular vein. Therefore, there is no need for
concern, because God, in order to test him, has merely temporarily

removed that in which He was reflected. If he persists in his faith and
right understanding, whatever he wishes for in this world or the next
will be given to him in abundance as the beautiful manifestations of
God.
Therefore, there is no situation that would cause grief to a
believer, or cause his distress, because he has grasped this secret and
attained pure faith. God explains the spiritual state of the believer in
these words:

Those who say, "Our Lord is God," and then go straight will feel no
fear and will know no sorrow. (Qur'an, 46:13)