Yuhibbunahum Kahubbillah Wallazina Amanuu Ashaddu Hubban Lillah Albaqarah 165 _verified_

Human beings are flawed, and worldly objects are temporary. Allah is perfect, eternal, and free from any deficiency. Love for perfection is naturally stronger and more sustainable.

The second part of the verse, sets the standard for true believers ( mu'minun ). What is Hubb (Love)?

According to classical commentators like Ibn Kathir and Al-Tabari, this verse was revealed specifically concerning the idolaters who, during times of peace and prosperity, would express intense devotion to their idols. They would seek refuge in them, sacrifice for them, and defend them vehemently. Their emotional attachment to these false gods mirrored—and in their distorted view, rivaled—the exclusive love that belongs only to Allah. Human beings are flawed, and worldly objects are temporary

"Say, [O Muhammad], 'If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your spouses, your relatives, the wealth you have acquired, the commerce you fear will decline, and the homes you cherish are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His cause, then wait until Allah brings about His decision. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.'" (Quran, 9:24)

Islamic scholars and spiritual masters have long pondered why the believer’s love for Allah eclipses all else. The answers lie in the recognition of reality: The second part of the verse, sets the

The other path is that of the believers who love Allah with an intense, all-consuming love that subordinates every other love to Him. This path requires sacrifice, self-discipline, and constant vigilance, but it leads to the highest station a human being can attain: the love of Allah and, in return, Allah's love for His servant.

This is no accident. Allah is saying:

Allah commands: "Say, [O Muhammad], 'If you love Allah, then follow me, and Allah will love you...'" (3:31). The path to Allah's love is not through mystical innovations; it is through imitating the one Allah loves the most—Muhammad (ﷺ). Sleep like him, eat like him, forgive like him.