We see that the Prophet made the sweetness of faith depend upon three things all of which relate to love: to love Allah and to love for His sake and to hate unbelief which is none other than the rejection of Allah and His blessings.<\/p>\n

Love is an emotion. As such, it is something that must genuinely be experienced in the heart. A believer loves the Lord and desires that the Lord returns that love. Whosoever Allah loves has no reason to fear, and the world will be an abode of contentment and virtue. Death and what comes after it will be better by far. When Allah loves a believer, He raises that person’s status in Paradise and brings that person near to Him.<\/p>\n

Another meaning of the name “Allah” is the one who is of the utmost greatness in His names and attributes and in His grandeur. Our minds cannot grasp the extent of His greatness, nor can our imaginations. Therefore, our minds bring us to the conclusion that we must venerate this truth and admit our inability to contain the essence nature of Allah within the limits of our reason.<\/p>\n

Allah is the First who was never preceded by non-existence.<\/p>\n

He is the Last who will never come to an end.<\/p>\n

He is the Manifest, and nothing is above Him.<\/p>\n

He is the Hidden, and nothing is below Him.<\/p>\n

There are aspects to His limitless majesty and perfection that we cannot even begin to conceive of. Our minds can apprehend something of His grandeur because Allah has blessed us with that gift. We can, therefore, draw near to Him and worship Him as best we can.<\/p>\n

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Taken with slight editorial modifications from www.en.islamtoday.net with the same title: A Few Words about Allah.<\/i><\/p>\n

Sheikh Salman Al-Oadah<\/strong> is a prominent Saudi scholar, member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars and many international Fiqhi Academies.<\/em><\/p>\n

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