love shows that he loves them as creatures of God, but at the same time hates their actions which are contrary to the command of his beloved. If this point is lost sight of, people are apt to be misguided in their love or hatred of His creatures. If they show their love towards any sinner, let it be in pure compassion, and not any sense of taking the sin lightly. Similarly their hatred should proceed from the consciousness of His stern law and justice and not from ruthless bigotry.
In one of the Hadisi-Qudsi[1] God has said: "My saints are those who cry like a child for my love, who remember me like a fearless lion at the sight of iniquities".
A reverent attitude of mind is another sign of his love. Some hold that fear is opposed to love, but the truth is that just as the conception of beauty generates love, the knowledge of his sublime majesty produces the feeling of awe in us. Lovers
- ↑ Hadisi Qudsi is that kind of tradition in which God is himself reported to speak
