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nates and fills it with love for, and submission to, Him. An
honorable husband would rather divorce his beloved wife
than see her sharing his love with any other man. The
Almighty will cast away any "believer" who associates any
other object or being with Him. The Muslim's love for
Allah is not theoretical or idealistic but practical and real.
He will not hesitate for a moment to expel from his house
his wife, son, or friend if he should blaspheme the Holy
Name or Person. A pagan or a person of an other religion
may show a similar furious zeal for his object of worship.
But that love which is shown for the One True God is Holy
and sanctified; and such love can only exist in the heart of
a Muslim. Those auspicatory and doxological formulae
"Bismi 'l-Lahi" and "Alhamdu li 'l-Lahi," which mean, res-
pectively, "In the Name of Allah" and "Praised be Allah"
honorable husband would rather divorce his beloved wife
than see her sharing his love with any other man. The
Almighty will cast away any "believer" who associates any
other object or being with Him. The Muslim's love for
Allah is not theoretical or idealistic but practical and real.
He will not hesitate for a moment to expel from his house
his wife, son, or friend if he should blaspheme the Holy
Name or Person. A pagan or a person of an other religion
may show a similar furious zeal for his object of worship.
But that love which is shown for the One True God is Holy
and sanctified; and such love can only exist in the heart of
a Muslim. Those auspicatory and doxological formulae
"Bismi 'l-Lahi" and "Alhamdu li 'l-Lahi," which mean, res-
pectively, "In the Name of Allah" and "Praised be Allah"