KNOWLEDGE
THE NAME OF ALLAH, AL-WADOOD is mentioned twice in the Qur’an.
WHO IS AL-WADOOD?
THE ONE WHO IS LOVED AND THE ONE WHO EXPRESSES HIS LOVE
- Al-Wadood is the One Who makes Himself beloved to His creation by His beautiful attributes, vast favors, and subtle gentleness. He is the One Who loves and is loved.
FOR THE BELIEVERS:
- He loves His believing, obedient slaves and they love Him. From His special love to them is to make them go through different decrees so their heart is filled with His Love. He places His love in their hearts, and when they love Him, He loves them more as a reward for their love for Him.
FOR THE SINNERS:
- He will love them despite the sins they have committed and this is to make them return back to Him so they may be saved. He will introduce His love to them by placing the seeds of repentance in their heart so they have feelings of guilt. Then they repent to Him and He accepts their repentance and showers them with love so they do not feel left out.
IMPACTS
- We will taste the sweetness of faith and longing to meet Allah when we love Him; it is paradise in our heart which no one can take away.
- We will not enter paradise until we believe and we will not believe until we love each other.
- Love is in the Hands of Allah, we cannot make others love us. When we fix our relationship with Allah, then all other relationships will be fixed because the hearts are in His Hands.
IN THE QUR’AN
وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي رَحِيمٌ وَدُودٌ
“And ask forgiveness of your Lord and turn unto Him in repentance. Verily, my Lord is Most Merciful, Most Loving”
[Surah Hud [11:90]]
وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ
“And He is Oft-Forgiving, Full of Love.”
[Surah Al-Burooj [85:14]]