Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 209
— Part II 204 visualization and portrayal of Him, he will finally begin to entertain a very personal and intimate love for Him. It so happens because witnessing perpetual unending favours inevitably creates such effect upon the heart, that he is filled to the brim with the love of Him whose countless favours have engulfed him. In this state he (the worshipper) no longer loves Him with reference to His favours but he loves Him as a child loves his mother. Having reached this stage he does not merely see Him, but like all true lovers receives immense pleasure from the very sight of Him. Then no selfish motives exist any longer; what remains is only a personal love. This is the state which God refers to as I t a ’i Dhil-Qurb a , and it is to this same state the following verse refers: 23 …Remember Allah like you remember your fathers or with a remembrance, even more intense…. ' (S u rah al-Baqarah; Ch. 2: V. 201) What an amazing piece of writing! The Promised Messiah as does not omit even the subtlest shades of Divine love but unveils it with singular intimacy. He further observes: This is the stage where all selfish desires are annihilated and one’s heart is filled with the love of God just as a vial is filled with perfume. This stage is further elaborated in the following verse of the Holy Quran: