Love

What is Love?
"Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment".

Love refers to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging as below :
#1.pleasure : "I loved that meal"..."I love Western music"..."I love Indian movies"
#2. interpersonal attraction "I love my partner"
#3. Emotional affection "I love my parents"..."I love my friend"..."I love my dog"

In philosophical context: "love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection".

Different religion have different definition of love. But in Sufism Love describe very nicely.
According to Sufism Ishq, divided into two kinds.

#1.Ishq-e-Haqīqi : "the love of God". It refers to the belief that only God is worth loving and He is the only one who can return His creature's love for Him.

#2.Ishq-e Majāzi : It refers to the love for God's creation i.e. love of a man for a woman and vice versa. It is said to be generated by beloved person's external beauty.Ishq-e Majāzi can eventually lead to Ishq-e Haqiqi.

In Ishq-majazi lovers have normal earthly feelings of joy, pain, agony and ecstasy. In Ishq-Haqiqi the lover is human and the beloved is God.But they do not ask for worldly comforts, they do not yearn for heaven nor are they afraid of hell. They seek only the enchanting sight of the Lord (beloved).

Two best Examples Which shows Ishq-e-Haqiqi :

#1.Meerabai : As we know Her God and lover is same...'Krishana'.

#2. Narsinh Mehta : Devine love of Narsinh for loard Krishana.

Ishq-e-Haqiqi is a supreme state of Love and it is almost impossible to achieve.Here physical presence of person or thing is nigligible.Your expression of love (Izhar e mohabbat) towards your lover is not even important.Ishq-e-Haqiqi is a prayer from heart which known as bandgi in urdu.Here the person becomes masochist and escapist. In my paradigm the common imbecility of human mind is that most of the lovers thinks that their love is unique...purest and ultimate.They consider themselves as an incarnation of Laila-majnu...Hir-ranja...an sohni-mahiwal. but they don't know Ishq-e-Haqiqi is not as easy as Ishq-e-mijaji.

Gulzar saheb Explain Ishq-e-Haqiqi beautifully in his very famouse song 'Chaiya...chaiya...".
"Jinke Sar Ho Ishq Ki Chaaon
Paanv Ke Neeche Jannat Hogi"

"Gulposh kabhi itraaye kahin
Mehke to nazar aa jaaye kahin
Taaveez banaake pehnoon usay
Aayat ki tarah mil jaaye kahin"

One great poet says that t "Ishq Majazi is the flower and Ishq Haqiqi is its fruit."