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The purpose of describing the beauties and virtues of
the Holy Qur'an in the foregoing pages is to cultivate a love
for it. Love for the Holy Qur'an is needed for developing a
love for Almighty Allah, and vice versa. Love for one leads
to love for the other.
The creation of man in this world is only for the purpose
of acquiring a realization of Allah, and all other creation
is for the sake of man. As a Persian poet says:
The clouds, the winds, the moon, the sun and the sky
are constantly at work,
So that $ou earn your living and do not eat in forgetfulness
The whole creation is involved in working for you in
obedience,
The law of justice will not be fulfilled if you fail to
obey (Allah).
So man should l6arn a lesson from their punctuality
and obedience ,in their functions of rendering service to
him.
Sometimes, as a warning, temporary changes are
caused in their functions by Almighty Allah. There is no
rain when it should rain; no wind blows when it should
blow; similar changes are wrought in the moon and the sun
through their eclipses. In short, everything is subject to
some change for admonishing those who neglect their duty
to their Creator. How astonishing indeed that all these
things be made subservient to fulful man's needs, yet their
obedience does not lead man to his own submission to the
Creator. Love alone provides the best help for obedience
and submission to Almighty Allah.
Verily, the lover submits to his beloved.
When a person falls in love with someone, submission
and obedience to the beloved becomes his habit and
second nature. Disobedience to the beloved becomes as
hard as it unwilling obedience to one whom one does not
love.
One way of developing love for someone is the observation
of his beauty and excellence. This observation may
be through the physical senses or through inner perception.
If a look at a beautiful face can lead to spontaneous love, a
sweet heart-captivating voice can also sometimes produce a
L magnetic effect. A Persian poet says:
Looks alone do not inspire love;
Often this wealth is attained through charming words.
Sometimes it is the sweetness of voice which draws
the heart unconsciously and sometimes it is the beauty and
wisdom of expression which causes one to fall in love. Experienced
men have suggested that in order to develop
love, one should dwell upon the fine attributes of the beloved,
and none other than the beloved should find a place
in one's heart. It is true even in the case of earthly love that
the sight of a beautiful face cr a hand urges one to see the
, other parts of the body of the beloved, so that love may in- crease and the yearning of the heart may be satisfied, but
the stage of satisfaction is never reached. As an Urdu poet
r says:
Marz badta gaya joon joon dawa kii
The disease worsened as the treatment progressed. Taken from Fazail-e-A'amaal.