Sufi Path: Love

Whoever is loved is beautiful, but this doesn't mean that whoever is beautiful is loved.

"There are girls more beautiful than Layla," they used to tell Majnun. "Let us bring some to you."

"I do not love Layla for her form," Majnun would reply.

"Layla is like a cup in my hand. I drink wine from that cup. I am in love with that wine. You only have eyes for the goblet and do not know the wine. A golden goblet studded with precious stones, but containing only vinegar, what use is that to me? An old broken guard with wine is better in my eyes than a hundred goblets of gold."

-Mawlana Rumi-

Di dalam Syurga-syurga itu terdapat bidadari-bidadari yang pandangannya tertumpu (kepada mereka semata-mata), yang tidak pernah disentuh sebelum mereka oleh manusia dan jin; (Ar-Rahmaan 55:56)

Bidadari-bidadari itu (cantik berseri) seperti permata delima dan marjan. (Ar-Rahmaan 55:58)