We offer you our love

WE OFFER YOU OUR LOVE When a man discovers God as his Creator and Sustainer, the Giver of all blessings, it is only natural to be filled with love and devotion for Him. There is a verse in the second chapter of the Quran (AIBaqarah) which reads thus: yet some set up equals with God and adore them with the adoration due to God, but those who believe love God most. if only the wrongdoers could see—as they will see when they face the punishment—that all power belongs to God and that God is severe in punishment. (2:165) Man is forced by his very nature and the circumstances in which he finds himself on earth to seek some external source of dependence. unable to rely on his scant inner resources, he seeks a prop in life—one who will compensate for his shortcomings. To take another person or thing to oneself in this way is to worship it. Feelings of adoration and devotion are then directed towards one’s object of worship, for to worship something is to love it above all things. since God is not visible in this world, man, wanting to see something before he believes it—usually stands as one who can be seen in the place that should be allotted to God alone. usually, charismatic leaders occupy this spot, “greats” in the sight of men, who have captured the popular imagination. such leaders are accorded the adulation that