Love of God

CONTENTS Foreword 9 CHAPTER ONE LOVE OF GOD 13 Realization of God 14 Making God One’s Supreme Concern 15 Submission to God 16 Acknowledgement of God 18 Cause of the Failure to Love God 19 Two Aspects of God Realization 20 Praise be to God (Alhamd-O-Lillah) 21 The Source of the Love of God 22 The Price of the Love of God 24 Strong, Emotional Attachment to God 25 Real Love, Relative Love 26 Two Categories of Paradise 27 Intense Love of God 29 Strong Believer, Weak Believer 30 Two Levels of Realization (Maarifah) 31 People Worth Envying 32 Sacred Narration 33 Love, Obedience 35 Love of God 36 Relationship with God 37 Closeness to God 39 The Concept of Incarnation 40 Glorification of God 41 A Case of Exceptional Mercy 43 God in Our Hearts 44 The Remembrance of God 45 Two Lifestyles 47 The Power of Helplessness 48 Crying in Remembrance of God 49 The Spirit of Religion 51 God’s Pleasure, Man’s Pleasure 52 The Glorification of God 53 The Omnipotent God and Helpless Man 55 Initial Hamd (Praise), Ultimate Hamd 56 Consciousness in Nature 57 Thankfulness and knowledgement 59 The High Degree of the Divine Experience 60 Limitless Majesty of God 61 The Importance of the Fear of God 62 The Majesty of God in the Vast Universe 64 The Feelings of Worship 65 The Experience of God 67 The Consciousness in Human Nature of God’s Existence 68 Seeking God’s Pleasure 69 What is Polytheism? 71 In the Company of God 73 CHAPTER TWO PARADISE 75 God’s Neighbourhood 76 A Similar World