Allah has invited us to love Him, by requiring us to believe in Him. He also unfolded those of His Attributes which are a means for our love to grow toward Him, such as His Perfection, Beauty and Beneficence. The following explains how Allah implanted the seed of His love in us: On the day we were created in Heaven, Allah took a pledge from our souls by asking: "Am I not your Lord'!" Our souls bore witness, saying, "Yes, verily we testify." Clearly, one becomes a witness to a fact only upon observing something. The Words of Allah being His (Light), our souls were covered with light at the time of that question. Also when light appears it exposes that which is around it. Therefore the Light of His Speech manifested to our souls the Perfection, Beauty and Splendor of His Lordship along with our total dependence on Him. At that time our spirits became intoxicated with love. 7:172 (Asad) AND WHENEVER thy Sustainer brings forth their offspring from the loins of the children of Adam, He [thus] calls upon them to bear witness about themselves: "Am I not your Sustainer?" - to which they answer: "Yea, indeed, we do bear witness thereto!" [Of this We remind you,] lest you say on the Day of Resurrection, "Verily, we were unaware of this";
ﺗﻘﹸﻮﻟﹸﻮﹾﺍ ﺎ ﺃﹶﻥﺪﻧ ﻬﹺﺑﻠﹶﻰ ﺷ ﻗﹶﺎﻟﹸﻮﺍﹾﻜﹸﻢﺑ ﺑﹺﺮﺖ ﺃﹶﻟﹶﺴﻋﻠﹶﻰ ﺃﹶﻧ ﹸﻔﺴِﻬﹺﻢ ﻢﺪﻫ ﻬﻭﺃﹶﺷ ﻢ ﻬﺘﺭﻳ ﺫﹸﻢﻮ ﹺﺭﻫﻦ ﻇﹸﻬ ﻣﺩﻡ ﻨﹺﻲ ﺁﻦ ﺑ ﻣﺑﻚﺬﹶ ﺭﻭﺇﹺﺫﹾ ﺃﹶﺧ ﺎﺎ ﹸﻛﻨ ﺇﹺﻧﺔﺎﻣﻴ ﺍﹾﻟﻘﻮﻡ ﻳ (7:172) ﻠﲔﻓ ﺬﹶﺍ ﻏﹶﺎ ﻫﻋﻦ