Ma`rifat

Abstract In the discussion of "moral value", in addition to goodness of action, goodness of intention should also be considered. The ambiguities that exist about some concepts related to this issue need to be explained. One of these concepts is "proximity to God", which has many uses and usually its negative aspect is considered, i.e. one does not expect a reward from people for the work that is done, but the work is done only for the pleasure of God and proximity to Him. So proximity to God is not physical, because a person in the lowest places and positions may be close to God, and conversely, a person near Ka’ba, God's house, may be far away from Him. Proximity to God means that the closer a person is to God, the more favorite of God he is. When the love of God is in the heart of man, he will be loved by God. This concept is graded; that is, the more a person's knowledge of God is, the closer he is to God.