Whoever we are, we are first loved by God at the moment of conception in our mother's

womb. This love remains a constant in our lives. The truth is: God's love is our first valentine. So
whether we celebrate openly or desire the day to fall off the calendar, we can all celebrate God's
love on Valentine's Day. We do this by reflecting on his word to each of us individually:
"You I have chosen, my friend; I will never let you go." — Isaiah 41
"I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you."
—Jeremiah 31
"I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have learned from
my Father."—John15
"Nothing, therefore can come between us and the love of Christ, even if we are troubled or
worried or being persecuted. For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, nor angel, no prince,
nothing that exists, nothing still to come, nor any power or height or depth, nor any created thing
can come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus, our Lord." — Romans 8.
This is simply implies the Love of God , we re in the dawn of the Generation Z. We the modern
view of Valentines have differ in differs aspect about love.
It's February and heart-shaped decor, bouquets of flowers and cards with soppy messages are popping up
around us to celebrate the modern festival of love: Valentine's Day.We may as well just hand our
significant other some cash and scrawl a note on it saying: "Here is some money to prove I love you."
Anything more than that is just window dressing. "I can identify red roses when I enter a florist!!" or
"These chocolates that you probably won't eat are in an unusual, limited edition heart-shaped box so I
paid double the price compared to the rectangular one!"
It's true that Valentine's Day is a new addition to the Middle East and the Muslim world, even
compared with the West where it first appeared less than two centuries ago. But we need to ask ourselves,
is it the commercialization, the alien culture or the fact of celebrating love to which we are opposed?
Given how Ramadan is dominated by television soap operas, how Eid has become a shopping-orientated
celebration, and how McDonald's, KFC and western brands populate high streets, the only conclusion we
can draw is that it's not commercialization or cultural invasion that are the main sticking points, even if
they are part of the problem. What seems to irk in particular about Valentine's Day is this outward and
upfront discussion of love.
Love is rather a deep-rooted, primary human instinct that drives us to be the best people we can
be, that motivates us to create strong robust relationships, and ultimately invests us with the most
sophisticated humanity.
The uproar we should be making about Valentine's Day is not that it is "immoral", or
commercialised, or a one-day, cheesy love-fest. The uproar we should be making is that there is no public
forum, no social discourse, and little cultural appreciation about how we create more loving
compassionate societies where talking of love - between partners, between parents and children, between
relatives and neighbours - is absolutely normal and encouraged.
Let's start with some honesty and reflection on the challenges facing us. Love is often considered
a difficult, naughty or subversive word. Perish the thought that someone might be "in love" or marry for
love. Even in family relationships between siblings, or between parents and children love is something we
find hard to express.
That's strange because the Prophet talked about how husbands should often say "I love you", how
fathers should bring gifts for their children, and how Muslims should give each other hugs when they see
each other and greet each other with "peace". It's strange because the West used to think of the East as a
place of decadence because of its expression of emotion. It's strange because of the deep ties within
families and strong collectivist cultures we live amongst.
We should be leading the way in celebrating these forms of love. Instead, we complain about
Valentine's Day, and Mother's Day and Father's Day. Instead of moaning about cultural invasion, let's
export some of the love - whether familial, filial, social or romantic - and make the point that love is not
tacky or superficial.
What we actually need is a deep-rooted shift, a philosophical change to formally recognize and
celebrate that love for other than the self underpins the quest to be human.
In Valentine's Day this quest meets its destination in romance. For the religious, this journey
reaches its home in the Divine. In colloquial parlance when we find a partner to love, people describe the
feeling as finally feeling "at home".
So if you see people celebrating Valentine's Day, don't despise them. Instead, understand that
their hearts are alive and seeking love. Instead, reflect on your own loved ones, go home and tell your
spouse, parent or child "I love you". Go on, it's easy if you try.