within the limits of divine order, and it alone is what preserves love’s affection
and eros. Of course the preservation of eros is provisional given the erotic
remains stimulated by physical attraction along with an intact sexual
response system.
Throughout scripture one finds erotic and affectionate romance, but they are
never the governing principles that guide divine blessing into the lives of
God’s people for the establishment of His Kingdom and Cause! Allah SWT is
the God of our common sense (i.e., intuitive instinct or fitrah ). In sharp
contrast to the polite charade of grand wedding cakes of the pagan Valentine
standard, there stands the example of Abraham‘s wife, Sarai. Though she
remained beautifully alluring far beyond her years, she gave him Hagar as a
second wife in order to beget a surrogate child as was the custom in those
days. There are several lessons here for all students of wisdom, however, my
focus is the lack of romantic consideration as a decisive factor in the
polygamous drama that birthed Islam and what became Bani Israel.
To serve romance as popularly conceived by means of Iblissian media
contradicts by thought and deed the first Mosaic Law as well as the
definitions of Islam provided by Al-Fatihah. Romance is indeed a blessed gift
for those who serve divine honor. Its purpose is to reward them with the
comforts and consolations of sensual ecstasy and affectionate companionship
as experienced via the sense of human touch. Conversely however, for a man
to honor the feminine cupidity exhibited on Valentine‘s Day is to worship
Ashteroth – the pagan fertility goddess and consort of the Hebrew nemesis,
Baal, along with the Roman Wolf Cult of Lupercalia.xi Bani Israel was severely
judged for this idolatry and it has no place in patriarchal monotheistic
marriage or Islamic Culture because the spirit of this feast is rooted in
rebellious vanity with the endorsement of typical Catholic duplicity ala their
Sainted Valentine apology for heathenism. Such behaviors are far from
innocent and can only bear the bitter fruit of pride when given the least
opportunity; yet they’ve clearly infiltrated the lives of post-post modern
Islamia globally, as have other Christian idolatrous modalities.
In the true love of divinely sanctioned Patriarchal marriage, everyday is a day
to celebrate the many blessings of perfected love, and there is no need for the
wife of such a man to elevate her feminine charms beyond the boundary of
her couch at the side of a sure and slow handed husband. If she flaunts her