Without the effort to stay away from Haraam, we can never ever secure this Love of Allah in our hearts. As a result, when the real test comes, then we fail miserably. Sometimes we fail with our marriages or walimas, or some other family occasion. If not, then we fail in business or in some
endeavour pertaining to our worldly or religious activities. Why?

…Because we have not made the effort of learning Divine Love. When there’s no steam and when we have not fallen intensely in love with Allah, what demonstration of love can we exhibit?

Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi(Rahmatullah ‘alaih) is teaching us a lesson : If we don’t have these signs then we should not make any claims that we are true lovers of Allah.

…May Allah Ta’ala make us of His true and sincere lovers.

The person who has developed these qualities will invariably be enjoying the closeness and company of Allah Ta’ala. Therefore, Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi (Rahmatullah ‘alaih) had
also mentioned that if we cannot be in the company of Allah Ta’ala, due to our weakness, then we should keep company with those who have received that special Tajalli and who
have established that special nisbat with Allah Ta’ala.

In fact, this is the instruction of Allah Ta’ala. He says :

“…AND JOIN THE COMPANY OF THE TRUTHFUL ONES
(THE PIOUS, THE AULIYA ALLAH).”
[SURAH TAUBAH 9 : 119]