Unconditional Love

 

                       My son with his Mom at Golden Gate Park - San Francisco
Unconditional Love

Within the human heart lies a gift most subtle and pure — unconditional love. It is a love that does not ask who you are, where you come from, what your rank is, or how you appear. It arises from the awareness that every living being is Allah’s creation, worthy of compassion and tenderness.

Yet in our time, such love has faded from our practice. Love is now tied to conditions: for gain, for wealth, for beauty. And when those conditions are gone, the love disappears with them. The result is that the bonds of goodwill among people have grown fragile — neighbors no longer know one another, communities are divided by ideologies, even families fracture under the weight of conditions we impose.

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ came as rahmatan lil-‘alamin — a mercy to all the worlds. He loved without discrimination, prayed for those who insulted him, and forgave those who harmed him. This was unconditional love, and it is this spirit we have drifted so far from.

Unconditional love does not mean condoning wrongdoing, but it calls us to see others with the eyes of the heart: as beings seeking their way home. From this vision arises gentleness, a willingness to help, and the strength to forgive.

Truly, the absence of this love is the absence of our connection to ourselves, to one another, and to God. Let us then revive this quality, even through the smallest acts — a simple smile, a quiet prayer, a few words that soothe the soul. From such small gestures, waves of compassion may ripple outward, binding humanity again in a bond of brotherhood.

Universal Love

Unconditional love is a door into a greater reality: Universal Love. This love is not confined to one religion, culture, or people. It is the pulse of creation itself, flowing through all beings, seen and unseen. When we tune into this current, we feel the same truth that sages and mystics across traditions have testified to:

• In Islam, it is the mercy of Allah that envelops all things.

• In Christianity, it is Christ’s teaching to “love your neighbor as yourself.”

• In Buddhism, it is compassion (karuna) that liberates beings from suffering.

• In Hinduism, it is the recognition of the divine Self in all living forms.

Each tradition points to the same source — a love that is boundless, unconditional, and universal. To live this love is to see no separation between self and other, between faiths and nations, between human and nature. It is to understand that the One Light shines through every lamp, no matter its shape or color.

When we awaken to Universal Love, our actions naturally become prayers: a smile, a kind word, a hand extended in need, a moment of silence shared with the earth and sky. These simple acts ripple outward, healing divisions and mending the fabric of humanity.

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Qur’anic Anchor:

“And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.”
(Surah Al-Anbiya 21:107)

Rumi’s Reminder:

“Through love all pain will turn to medicine. Through love the dead will become alive. Through love the king will become a slave.”

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