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The Idea of Romantic Love

efore we talk about the romantic idea of love, it will be useful
to remind ourselves of the believer's true understanding of
Blove. A person of conscience and faith knows that God is the
being to whom his faith is bound, and whom he must approach with 97
his heart full of love. After all, God created him out of nothing and
gave him his body, his mind, his conscience, his faith and everything
that he possesses. God has met his every need and continues to do so.
He has created all the blessings of this world for him. What is more,
when the believer submits in obedience, God makes him happy with
the promise of His abiding pleasure, and the endless blessing of His
love. All these things are given freely from His grace and compassion.
Therefore, in the true sense, it is God who is worthy above all others
to be loved. God warns His believers of this in the Qu'ran, saying
"make your Lord your goal!" (Qur'an, 94:8)
The love that people feel for one another should have its source in
God. The person who loves God feels compassion toward those who
obey Him. This is real love, felt for the qualities of God manifested in
these people.
Another justification for the feeling of love is the interest and
attraction we feel for the noble qualities in the beloved. When this
interest and attraction are countered with a similar response from the
other person, the relationship turns into a strong bond of love.
However, what is important here is to find the original source of these
superior qualities, and to focus one's interest, attraction and love
toward that being. And that being is God who is the source of all
beauty and every excellent quality, and the superior qualities ascribed
to His creatures are only a very dim reflection of the eternal qualities
that belong to Him. God's servants may temporarily manifest or reflect
these qualities.
Therefore, it can be said that love is felt only for God. The love
felt for the objects in which His attributes are reflected must be
nurtured only in His name, and with Him in one's heart and mind. It
is one of the surest signs that a person is idolising God's creatures,
when he regards a person or a thing as having an existence or potency