Who Does God Love?
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"God loves those who do good" (Quran 2:195, 3:134, 3:148, 5:13, 5:93)
"God loves those who repent from evil" (2:222)
"God loves those who purify themselves" (2:222, 9:108)
"God loves those who are conscious of Him." (3:76, 9:4, 9:7)
"God loves those bear with patience" (3:146)
"God loves those who rely on Him" (3:159)
"God loves those scrupulous for justice" (5:42, 49:9, 60:8)
"God loves those who fight for His sake" (61:4)
"God does not love those who initiate enmity" (20:190, 5:87, 7:55)
"Say (O Muhammad): If you love God, then follow me, and God shall
love you." (3:31)
"And for His love, they feed the indigent, the orphan, and the
captive." (76:8)
"It is not righteousness that you turn your faces to the East or to
the West, but it is to believe in Allah, the Last Day, the Angels,
the Book, the Messengers, and to spend of your wealth out of love for
Him on: - your kin,
- orphans,
- the needy,
- the wayfarer,
- those who ask, and on
- the ransom of slaves..." (2:177)