Whom He will love...

Once a pious man was asked, “Teach me how to love Allah” to which he said “loving Allah is not bought by  teaching”.

There is a Qur'anic verse in which Allah says, “Allah will bring a people whom He will love and they will love Him”, it is not a wonder that He says, “They will love Him”, but it is a wonder that He says “Whom He will love”.

Ibn al Qayyim's (rahimahUllah) “al Fawaa`id”

[Are we amongst those whom Allah 'azzwajal loves? And if not, why?]