ʿIshq is ardent, consuming love. Early theologians hesitated to use it of God, but Sufis such as Aḥmad Ghazālī, ʿAṭṭār and Rūmī made it the force that drives the whole path. In ʿAṭṭār it is the second valley, where the lover becomes fire and reason cannot follow.
ʿIshq
Passionate love: the overwhelming love of the soul for God, celebrated in Sufi poetry.
Also: Ishq, love