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Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, The Promised Messiah^as , the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, says:

“Love is not pretence or ritualistic, rather it is a faculty among human faculties. Its reality is that the heart likes something and is drawn to it. Just as the real qualities of something are made evident when it reaches a state of excellence, so is the case of love. Its treasures are made apparent when it reaches its climax and highest point… In fact, when a person completely loves someone, it is as if he permeates him or consumes him and is imbued with his morals and manners. The greater the love, the more one is naturally drawn to the qualities of his beloved so much so that he becomes an image of the beloved. This is also the indication when a man loves God, he attains God’s light on a refl­ective basis in accordance with his own powers.” (Nurul Haq, Part II, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 9, p. 430) Read This article in Maltese