This document discusses the importance of love and affection in Islam. It explains that the universe was created out of God's love and desire to be known. All beings and possessions in the world are a sign of God's love and perfection. The document also discusses the profound love the companions of the Prophet Muhammad had for him, being willing to sacrifice themselves for him. It highlights Muhammad as the most perfect example of human character and the ideal to follow and emulate in one's faith, spirituality and behavior towards others.
This document discusses the importance of love and affection in Islam. It explains that the universe was created out of God's love and desire to be known. All beings and possessions in the world are a sign of God's love and perfection. The document also discusses the profound love the companions of the Prophet Muhammad had for him, being willing to sacrifice themselves for him. It highlights Muhammad as the most perfect example of human character and the ideal to follow and emulate in one's faith, spirituality and behavior towards others.
This document discusses the importance of love and affection in Islam. It explains that the universe was created out of God's love and desire to be known. All beings and possessions in the world are a sign of God's love and perfection. The document also discusses the profound love the companions of the Prophet Muhammad had for him, being willing to sacrifice themselves for him. It highlights Muhammad as the most perfect example of human character and the ideal to follow and emulate in one's faith, spirituality and behavior towards others.
This document discusses the importance of love and affection in Islam. It explains that the universe was created out of God's love and desire to be known. All beings and possessions in the world are a sign of God's love and perfection. The document also discusses the profound love the companions of the Prophet Muhammad had for him, being willing to sacrifice themselves for him. It highlights Muhammad as the most perfect example of human character and the ideal to follow and emulate in one's faith, spirituality and behavior towards others.
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your progency are but a trail..." ( anfal, 8: 28 ).
this danger of sidition becomes
clear when the strength and the constancy of the affection felt for children and goods is contemplated; however, loving the creation is permissible within the lawful boundaries as a transitory station . it is condoned and allowed as a training ground for the heart. it helps us to prepare for divine love. the mathnawi: " oh, the life of lovers consists in death: thou will not win the (beloved s) heart except in loosing your own. " ( v:1 1751 ) as we have mentioned before, the lover inclined to be lost in the beloved, and thay cherish this. the companions of the prophet used all their means and were ready to sacrifice themselves. whenwever they could they would respond as follows. "i sacrifice my life and possessions for you, a messenger of allaps." the actualization of this states is the ultimate satisfaction of the yearning for the love of allap. the moths that were able to receive a minute share of this condition were called pervance; they threw themselves in the fire to prove their love. muhammad igbal writes about this in a poems "one night i heard a cloths moth talking to a pervance. "i dwelled in the books of avicenna. i saw the books of al-farabi. (i wandered through the endless dry lines and among the faded letters and ate them away. i roamed every street and road of al- madinatu l fadila of forabi, which means the city of graceful but) i could not possibly understand the philosophy of this life. i became a sad traveler of dead end roads full of nightmares. i have na sun to shine on my days," the pervane displayed its charred wings to the clothes moth after hearing this and said. " looks i have burnt my wings for this love," and continued,"what makes life more full of life are the struggle of love; love gives wings to life" what the pervane was trying to say to the cloth moth was, "save your self from perishing on these benighted, steep roads of philosophy. open your wings to unity by taking a share from the ocean of spirituality that are full of love, fascination and prosperity." love begins with struggle. reaching unity by transcending the ocean of life becomes true on the abundant and fertile grounds of love and fascination.the following is a famous hadith qudsi, or saying of allah, "i was a hidden treasure, and i wished to be known; this is why i created the universe." thus we can understand that the universe and the whole of creation consist of divine love. this is the reason why people see the world with a deep stirring in the soul, perceiving all the worldly belongings and wealth as a sign of love and affection, and why they realize that allah almighty has created everything; they accept this as evidence of his abilities and perfection. mawlane rumi explains the importance of love and affection for humans in the following lines." know how pitiful is he who does not possess divine love and affection; he may even be inferior to a dog, because the dog of the companions of the cave 18 searched for tamed love, and found it, he reached spiritual pleasure and those special mortals attained heaven." the pious know that the reason for their creation is the bud od eternal affection, the prophet muhammad (pbuh): a beloved if it was not for you i would not have created the universe. complimented with the title the light of creation, the prophet muhammad (may god bless him and grant him peace), has had the universe dedicated to him. the first and last page of the calendar of prophethood the prophet mohammad (pbuh), whose divine light appeared before adam, but who physically appeared after all other messagers, was the first and the last in the line of prophets, in respect of creation, the prophet muhammad (pbuh) was the first, but in respect of time, he was the last prophet. as he was the reason for the entire creation, allah almighty blessed him with the title beloved . the prophet mohammad exceptional life was established by allah almighty in the most beautiful way, both spiritually and physically, and he was then blessed as a mercy for the whole of mankind. the manners and personality of the prophet muhammad (pbuh) and his behaviour towards mankind are an example for all. allah almighty crated the prophet muhammad as an example of perfect character of everyone. this is why he was sent into the community as a pitiful orphan passing through all the grades and levels of society and stages of life, becomong a head of state and prophet, thus he reached the highest rank of authority and power. his display of excellent behaviour and actions, his intelligence, and his capabilities and power are an example of human beings at any level or rank. in fact, the prophet muhammad (pubh) was sent by allah the merciful as an example for all of mankind from the time he was appointed to the prophethood until the day of judgement. we are told in the following verse."ye have indeed in the message of allah an excellent exampler for him who hopes in allah and the final day, and who remembers allah much."( ahzab,33:21) we can understand from this it is our duty to dtudy the life and actions of the prophet muhammad (pbuh) in order to attain this excellent temperament, faith and spiritual intuition. every human must wrap themselves in his spirituality and affection in order to be able to apply their own knowledge and instincts when following his blessed example before becoming a prophet, muhammad lived aa contended and dignified life, beloving in the unity of allap. in particular, during the period immediately before he was blessed with the duty of prophethood, he would spend much of his time in worship, retreating to the mountain of light (hira) and absorbing himself in deep contemplation.. the reason for this seclusion was