The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 230
230. Essence of Islam-1 inheritance is deriving benefit from intercession. As the essence of intercession is the relationship of consorts, a person who desires to benefit from the intercession of another must have a natural relationship with that person so that he should be given whatever has been bestowed upon the nature of the other. This relationship subsists in human nature as a gift that one person is part of another, and it can also be promoted by acquisition. When a person desires that there should be an increase in the natural love and sympathy that he has for mankind such increase can be achieved in proportion to the circle of his nature. . In the same way, love surges up in the heart of one person for another and increases to such a degree that the lover can find no comfort without the company of the beloved, and in the end the intensity of his love affects the heart of the other person also. He who loves another to the extreme is the one who wishes him well sincerely and in a perfect manner. . Thus, love is at the root of intercession when it is accompanied by a natural relationship, for without a natural relationship the perfection of love, which is a condition of intercession, is not possible. In order to invest human nature with this relationship, God Almighty did not create Eve separately from Adam, but created her from. Adam's rib as is said in the Holy Qur'ān: وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا 134. Which means that from Adam We created His mate Eve. . God created Eve as Adam's mate from Adam so that. Adam's relationship to her and her progeny should be natural and not artificial. This was done so that the rela134 al-Nisa', 4:2 [Publisher]