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title: "Prof. Dr. Tarhan: “Vedûd is like the doctorate of love”"
description: "Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan was a live guest on the “Ramazan is a Feast” program, organized on the Şekercihan Youtube channel."
url: https://uha.com.tr/prof-dr-tarhan-vedud-is-like-the-doctorate-of-love
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last_updated: 2026-03-02
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# Prof. Dr. Tarhan: “Vedûd is like the doctorate of love”

## Bilgi

| Özellik | Değer |
|---------|-------|
| **Kategori** | haber |
| **Yayın Tarihi** | 2023-04-17 |
| **Güncelleme** | 2026-03-02 |
| **Kaynak** | [Üsküdar Haber Ajansı](https://uha.com.tr/prof-dr-tarhan-vedud-is-like-the-doctorate-of-love) |

## Özet

**Üsküdar University Founding Rector, Psychiatrist Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan; was a live guest on the “Ramazan is a Feast” program, organized on the Şekercihan Youtube channel, with Akif Yazıcı’s presentation and Metin Karabaşoğlu’s commentary. In the program where the name “Esmâ-ül Hüsna in the Quran: Vedûd” was discussed, Tarhan made striking statements about the meaning of the name al-Vedûd; he stated that an open, transparent, honest, and trust-building love is a manifestation of the name Vedûd. Tarhan said: “For sincere, devoted, and authentic love to exist, two people need to establish open, transparent, and honest relationships. In such relationships, a true, divine Vedûd-type of love emerges.” Underlining that the name Vedûd is the deepest form of love, Tarhan added that Vedûd is like the doctorate of love. **

## İçerik

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## **“The most concentrated, purest, and sincerest emotion in the spectrum of love: Vedûd”**

Prof. Dr. Tarhan, evaluating the meaning of the name Vedûd, one of Allah's names mentioned in the Quran, stated that this concept is the most intense form of love. Tarhan said: “The name Vedûd appears in two places in the Holy Quran. There are names close to Vedûd such as ‘Muhabbet, Meveddet, Rahman, and Rahim’. These four names are intertwined, but the name ‘al-Vedûd’ stands apart here. Etymologically, the name Vedûd is a different form of love. I always say, ‘compassion is greater than love because it contains empathy.’ A person may love someone, but there is self-interest in it; they may genuinely love, but they love their own interest in that person. In compassion, there is unconditional love, and also a gentleness within it. In Arabic, gentleness is expressed by the word ‘rikkat’. Love is like color; all colors are contained within white. Love within a person is also like white light, but when it enters the prism of life, love also differentiates. On one side there is red, on the other side there is a spectrum ranging from infra-red to ultra-violet, so love is such a spectrum. It is said that at the highest part of the spectrum is love, but actually at the highest part is Vedûd. To the most concentrated, purest, and sincerest love in the spectrum of love, we even call this ‘authentic happiness’ in psychology – a state of unconditional happiness. Vedûd is also like this; it does not change according to conditions. In fact, the Arabic word Vedûd is also said to mean ‘stake’ or ‘pillar’, meaning it’s a love so firmly rooted it doesn’t change.” 

## **“Vedûd is like the doctorate of love”**

Underlining that the name Vedûd is the deepest form of love, Tarhan emphasized that loving Allah first requires intention and then a strong desire. Tarhan said, “A person will intend to love Allah with their partial free will. There is already a causal link between human intention and behavior. When we intend something, our brain programs itself accordingly. However, a strong intention is not enough; a desire must also be added to the intention. To be willing to do something, one must also feel a need for it. A person will first feel the need for love, then intend it, and then the desire comes naturally. If you say, ‘O Allah, I need Your love,’ you will intend it. After intending, the desire awakens, and then you turn it into action. When it turns into action, you add emotion to the thought. When you add emotion to thought, this thought turns into belief, becoming a ingrained judgment. You continue it, and it becomes a habit; after 6 months, it becomes a personality trait. While in the state of intention, that thing is written in the brain with electrical characters, but when you repeat it for 6 months, it is written with chemical characters, and the person starts doing it automatically. If we bring our love for Allah to this state, as a person does it, it deepens over time, like what Americans call 'deep working' – deep analysis. This is like digging a 3-4 meter well for a master’s thesis, but a doctoral study is like drilling an artesian well. Vedûd is like the doctorate of love, the deepest love.” 

## **“The little bubbles that form when emotions overflow are called muhabbet”**

Tarhan, drawing attention to the etymology of the word "muhabbet", stated that actions done with love eventually turn into habits. Tarhan said: “There are over 60 words for love in Arabic. I looked at the root of 'muhabbet'; it comes from the white foams that appear on the surface of a flood, meaning the little bubbles that form when emotions overflow are called 'muhabbet'. This 'muhabbet' forms when emotions surge, so we need to look at how to stir up the emotions within us, and the way to stir up those emotions is to feel a need. For example, when you sow a seed in the ground, a plant immediately grows there when the conditions are met; this becomes an obligatory need. It is also mentioned in Risale-i Nur that the human need is left to human free will. If a person directs their heart and emotions towards this, a program is implemented in the brain accordingly. In fact, I wrote a book in 2006 called ‘Psychology of Emotions’, which was about the interpretation of emotions according to our belief system. I had gathered evidence from neuroscience; at that time, classifying emotions was not accepted, but currently, information in our brain is gathered in two files: positive information and negative information. When a task comes to mind, there is a 'do/don't do' paradigm in the frontal region of our brain. If it’s positive, the brain generates a 'do' command; if negative, it generates a 'don't do' command. Therefore, you put the things you will love into the 'positive things' file in your brain, and the things you will dislike and hate into the 'negative things' file. After a certain point, a person automatically does the things they love. For this reason, we need to expand the 'positive things' file in our brain with topics related to love. When you do this, we automatically become like 'love-rich' without realizing it.” 

## **“A true divine Vedûd-type love emerges in open, transparent, and honest relationships”**

Tarhan stated that if an open, transparent, honest, and trust-building love develops in husband-wife relationships, it becomes a family manifestation of the name Vedûd; “The name Vedûd is very beautiful, like empathizing with Allah, leading one to enter a kind of simultaneous spiritual ritual with Allah. In our love relationship with Allah, if we know that Allah loves us, we find peace and feel safe when we turn to Him and seek refuge in Him, even when we are afraid or make mistakes against Him. This situation becomes mutual love, like mother-child love, where both sides love each other. What happens then? For example, a mother easily forgives her children’s mistakes, and children exploit this, emotionally manipulating. But you cannot do this towards Allah, because He knows everything, even what passes through your mind. For sincere, devoted love, what we call authentic love, to exist, two people need to establish such open, transparent, and honest relationships. In open, transparent, and honest relationships, a true divine Vedûd-type love emerges. It is the same between husband and wife, because trust is formed, making it a love with no possibility of betrayal. If an open, transparent, honest, and trust-building love develops in husband-wife relationships, this becomes a family manifestation of the name Vedûd. To achieve this, there must definitely be love with trust, meaning your love will be an investment with a trust zone, then the home becomes like a shelter. That is why the family is called ‘the last refuge’. In this era, our family is the last refuge, and it too is in danger. Now, if this love is water, respect is its container; that is, love needs to be given shape. Respect does not wear out love, it protects it, prevents love from being directed to the wrong place, and ensures the preservation of love, becoming its container. Therefore, it is necessary to manage respect and love, placing them within healthy frameworks.” 

## **“Love multiplies rapidly when it finds a suitable climate and atmosphere”**

Tarhan stated that love wants to multiply rapidly when it finds a suitable climate and atmosphere, and he emphasized the importance of being rich in emotion. Tarhan said: “There are people who show their love coarsely, saying ‘I’m sincere, so what?’ Such love is primitive love; love that contains respect is love that does not hurt the other party. For example, consider butterfly hunting; what do butterfly hunters do when hunting butterflies? They wait in the corner, catch the butterfly, take it without ever hurting it. We should also do this with love: wait, catch it, never hurt it, not add rudeness or impoliteness to it. When we do this, because that love has found a suitable climate and atmosphere, it wants to multiply rapidly, it wants to spread. How does a well develop if you draw water from it? Love also develops as you give it. As love becomes generous, as we love people, as we do good, our treasury of love develops. Love needs to be managed like a resource. There is INPUT modulation, OUTPUT modulation, and enlarging the pool; you will enlarge the love pool, you will do input control and output control. Our mind does the input and output control; whom you will love, why you will love more, what you will do to increase that love – you will enlarge the pool. The more your pool grows, the richer you become in love and emotion. When you are rich in emotion, when you spread your feelings to everyone, just as everyone gathers around those with abundant financial resources, everyone loves those with an abundant source of love. Therefore, as we love, we use the source of love just as we use financial resources, but to use it, it is necessary to treat that love with gentleness and in a way that protects it, like input-output control.”

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