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that I love. ' A superior, beautiful and complete teaching of love for the Holy Prophet Saw : Allah has left such misguided love for this world. For Himself He has chosen the kind of love that continues to promote perfect unity, the cir- cumference of which goes on expanding. That is why Allah the Exalted has exhorted us to love Hadhrat Mu- hammad saw in this manner. Look at all the other relig- ions of the world, you will not find the detail, the wisdom and the reciprocal relation that the Holy Quran teaches about love or a similar teaching as beautiful, complete and cohesive. Firstly, there is no command or coercion to love Hadhrat Muhammad saw because he is worthy of love. To support this, Allah says that He loves Hadhrat Muhammad saw and that should suffice you. If someone is very beautiful himself, there is less likelihood of his falling in love with someone less beautiful than him. The more beautiful a person, the higher is his standard of beauty. So this verse contains the greatest proof of the beauty of Hadhrat Muhammad saw , that is, he is so beautiful that I (Allah) love him. And I love him so much that if you follow him and love him, I will love you. The attributes of the Holy Prophet SaW should be re- peatedly mentioned: Thus Hadhrat Muhammad saw has inherent beauty. This beauty should be pro- claimed. It should be talked about and it should be the theme of conferences. The young and the old should have a personal familiarity with it. Promised Messiah as said: J, Li -; fp ~ ~ r. / c/ ~ c): J, L~. :- ( V~· JI 4 How can anyone love exquisite beauty without looking at it? 8