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Legitimate and Illegitimate Love

entimentalism, or in other words, romantic longing, makes itself
known most often under the guise of "love." For example, as we
Swill explore in the following pages, the romantic nationalists
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claim to love their country, for which reason they are hostile or even
aggressive towards other nations. Or, we may consider a young man in
love with a girl which he turns into the sole focus of his life: what leads
him to write her poetry saying "I love you," and to become obsessed
with her to the point of suicide, and, in fact, to "divinise" her, is the
notion of "love." Then, there are homosexuals, those who fall under
God's interdiction, and shamelessly and insistently practise their
perversion; they too claim to have found "love."
As for the majority of people, they think that every emotion to
which the name of "love" is ascribed is virtuous, pure, and even holy,
and that examples of romantic longing, such as what we have
mentioned above, are perfectly acceptable.
Love is indeed a wonderful emotion, accorded to humanity by
God, but it is important to distinguish whether that love is real or not,
and to consider who it is directed to, and what sentiments it is
founded on. Such investigation should make apparent the difference
between a sentimentalism that leads to perverse love, and real love, as
revealed to us by God in the Qu'ran.
These issues we will examine in this book. But first, by way of
preliminary information, let us give the meaning of love as it is found
in the Qu'ran. According to the Qu'ran, love is to be shown to those
who deserve it. Those who do not deserve it are not to be loved. We
are even to distance ourselves from them emotionally, or, at least, to
not feel inclined towards them. But those who deserve love, deserve it
because of their virtue.
The only being who deserves absolute love is God, who created
us all. God brought us into existence, proffered us with the countless
blessings we enjoy, showed us the way, and promised us everlasting
paradise. He helps us out of every anxiety and graciously hears our
every call. It is He who feeds us until we are satisfied, cures us when
we are ill and then restores our spirit. Therefore, he who understands