Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

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of love.16 The variation in this spectrum occurs not because Allah is withholding from us, but because of our forgetfulness and the veils that result from our misperceptions, false identities, and sins. Just as the sun doesn’t stop shining if we close our eyes, when we sin it is not that God hates us, but rather we who are closed off from experiencing His love.17 “Moonlight floods the whole sky from horizon to horizon; How much it can fill your room depends on its windows.” RUMI Allah loves and provides for whom He wills “without accounting” (3:37), so if we feel limitations, they exist in the containment of our receiving and not in the outpouring of His giving. Some linguists say that the word Allah is based on the word waliha, which translates to a love that is so passionate and ecstatic that it completely transcends the senses.18 This implies that to know God we have to surrender our minds, everything we are, and everything we know in exchange for love, because self-surrender to divine love is the only path to God. Unlike the angels, we have been given the gift of not only knowing of love, but becoming it. Since Allah is the origin of all love, to know Him you must drown in the essence of love. To know Him you must be empty of yourself entirely, for love leaves no witnesses. How can there be two with the One? We must stop trying to understand with our limiting minds what the heart already knows. As Rumi says, “I looked in Temples, Churches, and Mosques. But I found the Divine in my heart.” In this poem, Rumi reminds us that God is most brilliantly reflected in the mirror of the spiritual heart, which is the seat of consciousness. God Transcends the Human Mind God is limitless. It is our vision of God that is limited to the qualities we seek in the world and reflect within our own existence. Since we see the world through the filter of how we see ourselves, Secrets of Divine Love was written for the longing heart, for the one who is searching for something they have not been able to find. For the one who sometimes spirals into hopelessness and cannot help but feel too imperfect for a perfect God to love. This book is for the one who is at the edge of their faith, who has experienced religion as a harsh winter instead of the life-bearing spring it was sent to be by God. IMAM JAMAL RAHMAN, Author of Spiritual Gems of Islam: Insights & Practices from the Qur'an,Hadith, Rumi & Muslim Teaching Stories to Enlighten the Heart & Mind Even if our doubts span an entire ocean, the light of God’s wisdom can rise beyond the furthest horizons and illuminate our hearts with a deep sense of contentment.”

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To be a true Muslim means to look at every creature of God and say the following: I honor the sacredness of your life, regardless what you believe; if the Creator of the universe has decided to create you from the spirit of His love, then by virtue of your very existence, you are more than enough for me". A Linguistic Miracle and Divine Reminder of Oneness The Qur’an Was a Game-Changer Reflection: Contemplate the Qur’an with Love Reflection: Healing with Divine Sound Chapter 4—The Spiritual Dimensions of Islam You Are Inherently Good Islam: To Surrender in Peace Iman: Walking in Faith Ihsan: Seeing God Everywhere The Stations of Ecstatic Love Reflection: Making Every Action into Worship Chapter 5—Tawba: Repent and Return to Unity God’s Guidance Begins and Ends with Forgiveness Returning to the Oneness Begin Right Now Transforming Your Temptations into Prayers Turning Toward God The Infinite Power of God’s Forgiveness Forgive to Free Yourself. Forgiving Ourselves How to Repent: The Path to Loving Forgiveness Returning to the Path of Love Reflection: Deeper Dimensions of Tawba Chapter 6—Shahadah: The Ecstasy of Oneness Shahadah, Part 1: “I Testify That There Is No God but God” You do not need cell towers to reach God, you just need to plug into your heart because “He is with you wherever you are” (57:4), from the closest atom to the farthest star.”

Words have power, which is why Imam Ali says, “Speak only when your words are more beautiful than the silence.” After all, everything in existence sprouted from the vibration of the divinely uttered word “Be! And it is” (36:82). So remember, your tongue is like a knife; it can either kill like the sword of a samurai or save like the scalpel of a surgeon.”

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The Secrets of Divine Love Journal connects you more deeply with Allah through exercises and questions designed to help you:

Alhamdulillah, aku berjaya juga habiskan Secrets of Divine Love ni dalam bulan Ramadan. Takut juga kalau aku tak dapat habiskan, sebab tiba-tiba ja bulan Ramadan aku jadi penuh dengan aktiviti. Haha. As the mystics say, “Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates. At the first gate, ask yourself, ‘Is it true?’ at the second ask, ‘Is it necessary?’ and at the third gate ask, ‘Is it kind?” Experience the love of Allah: Discover divine love through inspiring stories, powerful verses from the Qur’an, and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). This book teaches us how to reconnect ourselves with God. For anyone who is lost, this book is for you. For anyone who wants to know God better, it’s definitely for you. For anyone who wants to knows Islam, it's for you. Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam is an inspiring guide that will lead you towards the hidden meaning of the Qur'an through passion and joy. Written with care and precision, Helwa’s metaphoric insights invite you on her earnest search for truth and understanding. By accessing the inner workings of the Islamic tradition, your struggles in faith will be met with a deeper connection to Allah rooted in compassion.

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we know everything about someone or their faith based on an article we read online or a sermon we heard. Plus, the truth will never have a chance to blossom if we keep cutting people out of our lives or religion that we do not agree with. After all, only God can see into a person’s heart, so only God can say who has genuine faith in their hearts. It is not up to us to make that decision. History has shown us the great strides that both the family of the Prophet and the most righteous amongst his companions made to establish and preserve unity through the different conflicts the early Muslim community had to traverse. May we follow in the righteous examples left behind by those our Prophet loved. May we strive to create bridges where there are walls and work toward establishing peace on this Earth. May we answer the call of God and live the best life we can by holding tight to the Qur’an and the examples of the Prophet , and humbly sharing our faith through acts of kindness, love, and mercy toward all humankind. I believe that intrafaith communication or bridge-building within the Muslim community is not just possible, but can easily be done when we focus on our shared moral principles, use the Qur’an as our compass, and take the Prophet Muhammad as our guide. To be as inclusive as possible, this book will focus on the five pillars that Sunni Muslims follow, as these core principles are all also included within the Shia doctrines of the Roots of Religion (usool-ad-deen) and the Branches of Religion (furo-ad-deen). The book will be centered around the following universal truths of the Islamic faith: witnessing God’s singularity and Muhammad’s prophethood (shahadah), ritualistic prayer (salat), fasting (sawm), the poor alms- tax (zakat), and the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj). Although this book will not specifically discuss the additional practices and tenets that are staples in the Shia branch of Islam, it feels important for the sake of intrafaith awareness to share some of them here. Alongside the five core principles that all Muslims embrace, many Shia Muslims consider the following beliefs and tenets cornerstones of how they experience their faith: belief in Secrets of Divine Love remedies my deepest existential dread by reminding me of my inherent worth as a being that is unconditionally loved. It pulls from common as well as less known sources, providing evidence to quell the mind and soothe the heart. The carefully curated content strikes deep emotional chords. I find myself irresistibly falling in love with God and Islam.”OMID SAFI, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University and author of Radical Love:Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition