I had a wonderful time with my dear brothers and sisters from the mosque youth wing, when we attended a talk on Quran and Science at Sultan Mosque 3 weeks ago. The outing turns out to be a bonding session for us all, and yeah, Alhamdulillah, we bonded well and at the same time, increasing our knowledge about Islam. We had our lunch at Raffles Hospital Banquet, and there’s where story sharing everything started. We shared some stories during lunch until it was my turn to tell some story. Jamaliah sitting in front of me suddenly raise a suggestion, “Wan why don’t you share with us about the book that you read?” Then Ayu said “Yeah you mentioned you want to share something about “Love”?” Yeah, and so I did share something about the book entitled “Love and Tolerance” by Fethullah Gulen, a famous and well known spiritual teacher in Turkey. Everyone had their eyes glued on me, and was listening carefully to every word that I said. Who doesn’t, its about love, an interesting topic that I guess everyone would like to talk about. Alhamdulillah. It was my pleasure to share everything that I know to my brothers and sisters. Surprisingly a few days after that, Syaheerah came up to me and asked something that caught me with surprise. She asked “Abg Wan, I can see your eyes glittering as u were telling us the story the other day, its as if you were saying those things to someone, someone special…, kan?” Hmmm….. yeah you got that right dear sis. InsyaAllah…. May Allah guide us all towards the right path….
To that special person, wherever you may be, i would like to say thank you for everything. May Allah guides us both towards His pleasure and paradise. Ameen.
So hear goes, I’m sharing what I’ve read so far. The book really changes my perspective of love onto another level of understanding. It’s a good book, and I strongly recommend it to everyone, the language is simple yet its meaning is deep. Many people that I’ve talked to and ask about love have different understanding towards love, for sure, none of their answers and opinions about love is wrong. Everyone knows that “love” is something so positive and so pure that it can bring people together in harmony and create the happiness that each of us yearns for. However, does our understanding and definition of love is like those been defined in Hollywood love movies, Bollywood movies, is our love just for world ornaments that will eventually fades, is love so small that it is confined to just that. No! It’s huge! The definition is huge!
Love is the most essential element of every being, and it is the most radiant light, and it is the greatest power, able to resist and overcome all else. It is with His love that we are created and it is because of His love that everything is created. It is impossible for souls without love to be elevated to the horizon of human perfection. Even if someone were to live for hundreds and thousands of years, without it, they could not advance on the path to perfection. Those who are deprived of love, as they are caught and entangled in the nets of selfishness, are unable to love anybody else and die unaware of the love that is deeply instilled in the very being of existence.
Look at things from a different perspective, with different thoughts and you’ll soon realize His love being instilled in every creation there is. There are impressions of love on the face of the sun, water evaporates, rising towards those impressions, and after it has been condensed in drops high above, the drops fall joyfully onto the earth on wings of love. Then thousands of flowers burst through with love, offering smiles to the surroundings. Dew drops on leaves glitter with love and twinkle with amusement. Sheep and lambs bleat and skip about with love, and birds and chicks chirp with love and form choruses of love. Never did I realise all this things, and appreciate nature like I use to now, after reading the book.
The most direct way to the hearts of people is the way of love, the way of the Prophets. Those who follow are rarely rejected; even if they are rejected by a few, they are welcomes by thousands. Once they are welcomed thru love, nothing can prevent them from attaining their ultimate goal, God’s pleasure. After all that’s exactly our purpose in life.
How happy and prosperous are those who follow the guidance of love. How unfortunate, on the other, are those who lead the life of “the deaf and dumb”, unaware of the innate love deep in their souls!
Love is an elixir, human lives with love, is made happy by love and makes those around him or her happy with love. In the vocabulary of humanity, love is life; we feel and sense each other with love.
God Almighty has not created a stronger relation than love, this chain that binds humans to one another.
In this over-populated world, where evil is everywhere, if there is something that has been left untouched and clean, that is love, among all the fading ornaments of this life, if there is beauty that has preserved it magnificence and charm without fading, that is also love. There is nothing more real and more lasting than love in any nation or society in this world.
If Lord did not love creation, there would be neither moons, nor suns nor stars. There wouldn’t be me and you. Did we realise that? The heavens are all the poems of love, with the Earth being the rhyme.
Up to this very moment, only those who are immersed in hatred, wrath and enmity plan to resist and struggle against love. Ironically, the only cure that will calm these brutal souls is love.
The messengers and prophets extinguished the fires of hatred and jealousy kindled by the pharaohs, the nimrods and other tyrannous king, they used nothing but love. Love is a remedy to all kinds of heart sickness.
Our interest in our environment and our love for humankind- that is, our ability to embrace creation – depends on knowing and understanding our own essence, our ability to discover ourselves, and to feel a connection with our Creator. In parallel with the ability to discover and feel our inner depths and hidden potential within our essence, we will also be able to appreciate that others also possess the same potential. Moreover because these inner values are directly related to the Creator, and because a respect for the riches that are hidden in every creature is nurtured, we will start to see every living thing from a different perspective and in a different manner. In reality the level of our understanding and appreciation of one another depends on how well we recognize the qualities and riches that each person possesses. We can summarize this concept with a thought based on a saying of the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w, peace and blessings be upon him, “A believer is the mirror of another believer.” Or if we were to enlarge on this saying, “a human is a mirror of another human.” If we are able to succeed in doing this, as well as being able to understand and appreciate the riches hidden within every person, we will also understand how to relate these riches to their true Owner, and thus we will accept that anything in this universe that is beautiful, affectionate, or loving belongs to Him.
In our present culture, it is not easy to witness such deep understanding of these humane feelings and values. Islamic thought sees each of us as a different manifestation of a unique ore, as different aspects of one reality. Indeed, the people who have gathered around common points, such as the Oneness of God, the Prophet, and the religion resemble the limbs of body. The hand does not need to compete with the foot, the tongue does not criticize the lips, the eye does not see the mistakes of the ears, the heart does not struggle with the mind.
If only everyone could understand this deep meaning and essence that lies deep in every soul, there will be peace. May Allah guide us all.
Leave you all in Allah's Love and Care.
Wan, Noor, Syah & Hanafi 
Dinner Time! Chicken Rice!
