Are You Loving the Wrong Things?
In this episode of Journey Through the Quran, Shaykh Mokhtar Maghraoui explores one of the Qur’an’s most penetrating questions: Where have we placed our love?
Reflecting on Surah Al-Baqarah (2:165), Shaykh Mokhtar explains how the Qur’an exposes the ways we give our hearts, emotions, and attachments to created things, often with the intensity, devotion, and hope that belong only to Allah.
Filmed after a majlis of dhikr in a historic masjid in Üsküdar, Istanbul, this reflection weaves together:
• Why believers have stronger love for Allah
• How misplaced attachments lead to sadness, disappointment, and spiritual instability
• Why Qur’anic love is rooted in reason, not blind emotion
• How faith, reflection, and rational clarity deepen the heart’s connection to Allah
• What it truly means to say “I love you for Allah” (uḥibbuka fīllāh)
• How modern distractions and post-modern values compete for our hearts
• The spiritual safety found in giving our deepest love to Allah alone
This is a call to realign the heart: to love wisely, love rationally, and love in a way that leads to serenity in both dunya and akhirah.
Chapters:
00:00 – Opening salam
02:12 – Coming from a majlis of dhikr in Üsküdar
03:36 – True happiness from “Qul bifadlillahi wa birahmatihi…”
04:44 – Rejoicing in Iman, Islam, and the Messenger ﷺ
08:46 – Surah Baqarah, 2:165: Loving others like Allah
11:01 – What is nidd? Equating others with Allah
15:47 – Reflecting on creation & rational signs
18:55 – Misplaced love as irrational attachment
20:01 – “Believers are stronger in love for Allah”
21:16 – Reason → Iman → Deepened love
27:24 – Loving “for Allah” and what changes love
31:05 – When character shifts, relationships shift
36:29 – Instincts vs Divine guidance
37:44 – Suprarational vs irrational faith
45:21 – The consequences of misplaced attachments
47:32 – Leaders disowning followers on Judgment Day
53:25 – Du‘a: Protecting the heart
55:01 – Guarding love in modern & AI-driven times
56:49 – Turning to practical dhikr
58:18 – Closing salam
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