LOVE OF GOD

For True Spirituality

But those who believe, love God most. (THE QURAN 2: 165)

ONE of the basic qualities of the believers is mentioned in the Quran as 'those who love God most'. Believers means realized souls. Any person who has realized God at the level of discovery, becomes a realized soul whose emotions are centered on God. God becomes the only focus of his heart and mind.

Man due to his limitations cannot see God in this present world, but he experiences the blessings of God every moment, and these experiences are the real source of love of God. Whatever man has in this world is God’s blessing. The more a man ponders over these blessings, the more his love increases for God. The fountain of love for God is the discovery of God’s blessings and not the glimpse of the Giver of bounties.

It is God who created man and gifted him with great potentials. God created this earth, an exceptional planet, and sustained it with a life support system. It is God who arranged the fulfillment of man’s necessities and gave him a mind which encompasses the entire universe, while remaining on earth.

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Any person who has realized God at the level of discovery, becomes a realized soul whose emotions are centered on to God.

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Discovering the Giver of all these gifts is called realization. If this realization is attained by a person in its true form, a fountain of love for God springs within him. His heart is enlightened with the love of God. Obedience to God is without doubt an aspect of belief, but it is an underestimation of love for God that it has to be taken only in the sense of obedience. Obedience is a legal expression, whereas love means man’s entire existence being deeply involved in the remembrance of God and to acknowledge God with his whole being—heart and soul. This is God realization.