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deep enough to recognize the One we cannot see but expressions of His love are scattered all around us? Oris tshallow thatit begins and ends only with humans who need them the most, ‘whose love brings heartbreak and depression and who will be the first to leave us when we depart from this world? ‘Ask yourself how much do I love Prophet Muhammad && whohad said: “By Him in Whose Hands my life is, none of you will have faith ll be loves me more than his father and his children andall mankind” Sot} Did you ever wonder how wecan get Allah to loveustoo? ‘Ask yourself why do llove the people Ido? Are the motives all worldly like their looks or money oris it something deeper ike their piety or good seeds? Is Valentine's Day anything but obeying our ‘baserdesites and following our lusts? Are we only like cattle following our needs ‘and the desires without knowing why, without understanding? In Islam there is no concept of a boy-gtl friendship. Qualities of women are described in Quranas: “Chaste, not lustful nor ones taking secret friends” avin) “Muslims havea beautiful institution of marriage ‘where romance isnot a summer fling nor is it ‘based on superficial looks, but on a serene relationship of mutual affection, kindness and responsibility TRUE LOVE Among all love and affections, the primary essential love and the love which isthe most nique and highest of all is the indispensable Tove for Allah Almighty. This is because Allsh Almighty has the most unique attributes, thus being the Inventor, Maker, and Creator of al Muslims havea day of Bid al-Adha for expressing theirlove to Allah, when they scrifce animals only to plese Him and to revive the sunnah of Prophet Ibrahim 2. owe have pure and intense love for our Lord in ou Life? Who do we love the mostour own deste or willofour Creator? Iwelove lla, how can we celebrate pagan custom ‘when our Lord abhors paganism more than anything lee? ‘A Muslim bas purposeful fe s0 it love is ‘meaningful and exprestion of Love is useful, since instead of spending thousands on flowers and cars, con Bid al-Adha meat i provided to poor, jabs are reed for many ana skins oo se eater Let us then find TRUE LOVE. ‘True love secks sacrifice and I've given it all “Thus, this is tue love in it's puest form, tum my face towards You now ‘The Lord of my world and the Heavens above ‘Tam Yours and Yours, alone My prayer, my stcrifices are only for You ‘My life and death are Yours to take ‘A promise Tmake ‘To lay my life for You ‘An oath that worship ‘No-one bat You. 1a May 201222 ema ALT 143 ALHUDA International Welfare Foundation lamabad: 7A.KBrobi Row 114 Phe92-51-4436140 3, 192-51 4434615 Karachi: 30.A Sindh Muslim Cooperative Hotsng ‘Society Ph: #92:21-34528547.08 vwwaalhudapk com vor fabathasn com True Love B 4 rail Jasll Al pas LOVE- one of the strongest emotion -a power ‘that ean run or redeem alife- that ean bring joy | ‘orapainful heartbreak, Today as the world celebrates this emotion on| ‘Valentine's Day, we soe shapes of ears of all sizes all around, heats of chocolate, satin, red roses, posty, candies and aboveall LOVE! Where did Valentin Day comefrom? ‘There are many traditions about its origin, but the most authentic seems to be the one fom Encyclopedia Britannic that says that this day Jas nothing fo do with Saint Valentine, instead it is related fo the Roman pagan festival of their od, Lupercalia ivas celebrated on 15"February and in honour ofthe goddess Juno Febmat, the names of irs ‘vere placed in nur and the men would draw fot thename of gil atrandom who would then ‘become theirdate forthe remaining festival ‘When Christianity came to Rome, they tied 10 CCristianize tis obscene yet popular festival by replacing the name of girls by thse of sins ‘The men were then supposed to emulate the ssnt, whose name they Grew, for the ret ofthe year However this attempt proved unsuccessful ndthouse of gins namesroturmed. ‘Many associated it with Cupid (the vitally naked god of love), the central character of) Valentine's Day. paraphernalia, which shoots people wit is arows to make them fal iniove His mother said to be Venus (goddess of love) and apparently therose washer favourite lowes. ‘Another tadtion speaks of a Saint Valentine ‘who was killed on 14" Feb, by Emperor Claudius for secredyaranging the” marages of is solders whomhehad banned from matvege. ‘The Bishop is sid to ave fallen in ove withthe ale’: daughter during his imprisonment ed ‘wrote alter signed Your Valentine which became « tradition for people to come. In 496 Pope Gelasius officially replaced the pagan festivalof15*Feb with St Valeatine's Day on 14° Feb. Valentine's Day Today ‘Whatever the origin ofthis day, today it seems to have returned to its pagan, vulgar roots with the child-god cupid and open dating being very ‘much a part of it. The valentine jttery eaused severe problems in France and was banned completely in 1776. Later Italy, Hungary, Astria and Germany also rid themselves ofthis jbscene custom. England remained safe until it ‘was under Puritan rule but thon Charles Il started itagainand from there it entered America, where it was first commercialized by EA Howland, who made 5000 dollars from selling Valentine cards. In 1995 one billion valentine cards were

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