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Does the Koran speak of Allah's love for people?

And spend in the way of Allah and cast not yourselves to perdition with your own hands, and do good (to others); surely Allah loves the doers of good. Surah 2:195

And they ask you about menstruation. Say: It is a discomfort; therefore keep aloof from the women during the menstrual discharge and do not go near them until they have become clean; then when they have cleansed themselves, go in to them as Allah has commanded you; surely Allah loves those who turn much (to Him), and He loves those who purify themselves. Surah 2:222

Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your faults, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. Surah 3:31

Just a quick search of the word “love” in the Koran—without determining what kind of love it is expressing toward a man and a woman or between good friends—yields 70 instances that the word is used.

A quick search of the word “love” in the Bible comes up nearly 700 times. Love is definitely a more active expression of God’s feelings toward us in the Bible.

Our eternal security rests in the extent of God's love for us. If he loves us a lot, he will do anything to have a relationship with believers. If he loves with conditions, we can lose that relationship through our actions.

Most of the verses in the Koran that speak of Allah’s love do one of two things.

One, the Koran speaks of what Allah does NOT love - unbelievers, disobedient.

Two, when the Koran speaks of what Allah DOES love, it comes with conditions - those who do good, those who purify themselves, those who follow Muhammad.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

This famous verse from the Bible speaks of a God who loves and gives to others, offering eternal life. No conditions of actions or do-gooding. Just belief. This is unconditional love and the Greek word used by the Bible is agape. God loves us as we are, with a desire to change us into the likeness of Jesus Christ. However, his love comes first, unlike Islam’s Allah who loves us after we show change.