Love

====Islam====
[[File:الودود.jpg|thumb|200px|alt=Al-Wadūd or The Loving is a name of God in Islam.|In Islam, one of the 99 names of God is {{Nowrap|''Al-Wadūd''}}, which means "The Loving".]]
Love encompasses the Islamic view of life as universal brotherhood that applies to all who hold faith. Among the 99 names of God ([[Allah]]) is the name ''Al-Wadud'', or "the Loving One," which is found in [[Surah]] {{qref|11|90|pl=y}} and {{qref|85|14|pl=y}}. God is also referenced at the beginning of every chapter in the Qur'an as ''Ar-Rahman'' and ''Ar-Rahim'', or the "Most Compassionate" and the "Most Merciful", indicating that nobody is more loving, compassionate, and benevolent than God. The [[Qur'an]] refers to God as being "full of loving kindness."

The Qur'an exhorts Muslim believers to treat {{clarify|text=all people, those who have not persecuted them|reason=which is it?|date=August 2023}}, with {{transliteration|ar|birr}} or "deep kindness" as stated in Surah {{qref|6|8-9|pl=y}}. {{transliteration|ar|Birr}} is also used by the Qur'an to describe the love and kindness that children must show to their parents.

{{transliteration|ar|[[Ishq]]}}, or divine love, is emphasized by [[Sufism]] in the Islamic tradition. Practitioners of Sufism believe that love is a projection of the essence of God into the universe. God desires to recognize beauty, and as if one looks at a mirror to see oneself, God "looks" at himself within the dynamics of nature. Since everything is a reflection of God, the school of Sufism practices seeing the beauty inside the apparently ugly. Sufism is often referred to as the religion of love.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lewisohn|first=Leonard|title=Cambridge Companions to Religion|year=2014|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|pages=150–180}}</ref> God in Sufism is referred to in three main terms—Lover, Loved, and Beloved—with the last of these terms often seen in Sufi poetry. A common viewpoint of Sufism is that through love, humankind can return to its inherent purity and grace. The saints of Sufism are infamous for being "drunk" due to their [[love of God]]; hence, the constant reference to wine in Sufi poetry and music.