Love: it's meaning and definition in general and in Islam

Love: it's meaning and definition in general and in Islam

Love seems a very hard word to define. A lot of people ask the question “what is love?” and many people have an answer related to emotion. According to psychology, however, thoughts precede our emotions. We feel things related to our thoughts. There may be an element of choice in love then, and it may follow our thoughts and perception towards a particular person or thing. Photo by  freestocks  on  Unsplash People sometimes say that love is comfort, understanding, gentleness, kindness, giving, and so forth. However, I would argue that these are things that come from love but do not define love itself. Love may lead us to these things, or to feel them. Some people say God is love. Yet He created Love and is the source, but He is not called love Himself, He just created its capacity. When coming across the question what is love? I decided to research and see what is being said in regard to love. Can we define love? The Scientific Study Of Love: Love has been explained as taking place in the bra…