Hi,
I'm a Sufi Muslim, and basically it is about love. Humans were created to know God, and although there are other sentient creatures that know God, humans are the best and can reach the highest level of love. Although Muslims worship God to get into paradise and avoid the fire, the Sufi wants to not even care about that, as Rabiah al-Basri ra once said:
If I adore You out of fear of Hell, burn me in Hell!
If I adore you out of desire for Paradise,
Lock me out of Paradise.
But if I adore you for Yourself alone,
Do not deny to me Your eternal beauty.
Doing the right thing for the sake of love, not for rewards. It's like a person who loves another, in a way, not marrying for the sake of that old rich dude's wallet. Because really, most Muslims do what they do because of heaven.
I'm a Sufi Muslim, and basically it is about love. Humans were created to know God, and although there are other sentient creatures that know God, humans are the best and can reach the highest level of love. Although Muslims worship God to get into paradise and avoid the fire, the Sufi wants to not even care about that, as Rabiah al-Basri ra once said:
If I adore You out of fear of Hell, burn me in Hell!
If I adore you out of desire for Paradise,
Lock me out of Paradise.
But if I adore you for Yourself alone,
Do not deny to me Your eternal beauty.
Doing the right thing for the sake of love, not for rewards. It's like a person who loves another, in a way, not marrying for the sake of that old rich dude's wallet. Because really, most Muslims do what they do because of heaven.