"Love" has 77 names

1. Hawa means light liking but also transfers an element of error, bias and irrationality. As the old pre-Islamic proverb goes: "Hawa is the downside of reason."
2. Ishq, which comes from entanglement, like two pieces of wood and ivory in a work of arabesque, the two lovers are inseparable yet still independent and distinct.
3. Hayam, which comes from wondering thirsty in the desert.
4. Fitna, which means love, infatuation, passionate desire, but also means civil war and illusion
5. Izaz, which is the kind of love that gives both lovers power and dignity.
6. Sakan, which also means home and tranquility, the Quran uses this word to describe the relation between married couples.
7. Fanaa, which means non-existence. This is the stage where the lovers lose their independent existences and actually become one another. This stage is usually used by Sufis in reference to divine love and the unity of existence.
8. Hubb, Mahabbah, in the Quran when the love stems from mankind, the word hubb was used, but when it stems from Allaah, the word Mahabbah was used.