Al Asmaaul Husna - The most beautiful names : Al-Wadood - The Loving
Al Asmaaul Husna - The most beautiful names
The Loving, The One who loves His believing slaves and His believing slaves love Him. His love to His slaves is His Will to be merciful to them and praise them
Allah says, Indeed Allah loves the good-doers (al-Baqarah 2:195). This command for doing good is causative, for when people will come to know that goodness is the cause of the love of Allah they will try to obey Him.
Allah says He is The Forgiving, The Loving." (al-Buruj 85:14) This verse mentions two Names of Allah which are included among the best names. i.e. Al-Gafoor and Al-Wadood.
Al-Gafoor is derived from the root Gafr which means the One Who connives at His wrongdoing worshipper and is lenient in seizing them. The real meaning of Gafr is to cover. As is Mighfar for covering the head.
Al-Wadood is derived from the root Wudd which means pure love and refinement. This word either means One Who has enormous love for those who are obedient to Him and He remains close to them through His help and cooperation, or, it means that His obligation is so great that His creature is bound to love Him, worship Him and recite hymns in His praise.
In another verse Allah says, Act equitably; Indeed, Allah loves the equitable." (al-Hujurat 49:9) which means doing doing justise at the time of settling disputes between two hostile groups of the believers. The word is derived from Qist which means apprortioning equally. One of the Names of Allah is Al-Muqsit also. In the noble verse, justise has been raised above nobility and this is a means of inviting the love of Allah
Truly, Allah loves those who repent, and loves those who care for cleanliness." (al-Baqarah 2:222)
And He has said:
Say, [O Muhammad, to mankind]: If you love Allah, follow me; Allah will love you." (Al'Imran 3:31)
The context of this verse is narrated as follows: Some people claimed that they loved Allah. Allah sent this verse for their trial. In this verse Allah laid down the obedience of the Prophet 
as a pre-condition, for this love could be attained only by accepting his guidance and the grace of his obedience.
Ref: (11:90) (85:14)
