RLS 280: Islam Hasib Hossain Ms. Murata 4 / 24 / 2000 Islam and Love Love is an important aspect of Islam. In the Sufi Path of Love, written by Rumi, Love is the central theme. Rumi speaks alot about love and its branches and ramifications. According to Rumi, Love ddominateds most of the Sufi way of life. In a translation of Sufi Path of Love written by William C. Chittuck, Sufi says: "No matter what I say to explain and …showed first 75 words of 1054 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1054 total…the Goal. When He is attained. The Universal Object of Desire has been attained. There is no passing on." So Love has been described and Love's signifigance to Islam. It has been concluded that Love is for God and everything that has been created by God. Love is to desire and need something. All human beings, no matter what religon and how they feel, according to Rumi, needs God. So all human beings Love God.