Love is an important aspect of Islam. In the Sufi Path of Love, written by Rumi,
Love is the central theme. Rumi speaks alot about love and its branches and
ramifications. According to Rumi, Love ddominateds most of the Sufi way of life. In a
translation of Sufi Path of Love written by William C. Chittuck, Sufi says:
"No matter what I say to explain and elucidate Love, shame overcomes me when I
Love cannot be contained within our speaking or listening/ Love is an ocean
whose depths cannot be plumbed....
Love cannot be found in erudition and science, books and pages. Whatever is
duscussed by people- That is not the way of lovers.
Whatever you have said or heard is the shell; The kernel of Love is a mystery that
Chittuck's translation of this is that Love cannot be explained in words but that it must be
felt to be understood. There is not possible way that you can tell someone what love is or
write it down to someone so the person may understand. To Rumi, If love isn't felt, then
the person will not truly know what love is.
To understand the Islamic conception of Love, you must know the Koran's
defenition of the term. The Prophet Muhammad once said, "God is beautiful, and He
loves beauty." It can be also defined like this: "If something is beautiful, it is worthy of
love." In the Vision Of Islam, it says that that whenever God is said to love something,
the object of his love are human beings but his love aren't for all human beings. His love
is for those who do things and have traits that are beautiful. Some verses in the Koran
"Do what is beautiful! Surely God loves those who do what is beautiful."
" Whoso fulfills his covenant and is wary of God- surely God loves the god-wary.
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