In this study the concept of love is discussed by comparing two great authors of completely different backgrounds: the great poet and father of the Italian language Dante Alighieri (1265- 1321) and the philosopher, Sufi mystic and Arab poet the Andalusian Ibn Arabi (1165-1240). Thus, the present study is an attempt to touch on the common points that bind the two authors despite the diversity between the two socio-historical contexts from which they come. For both love is an essential component in their thinking and philosophy, they have experienced the feeling of love with all its details; for Dante the meeting with Beatrice, in fact, becomes the turning point of his human and poetic maturation, his life is, from this moment, renewed by love; Ibn Arabi's definition of love is as concise as it is profound: "love is a little death". The meaning is precise: "by practicing life we ​​also practice death. If we are in contact with the vitality of our body, if our life is abundant, love always appears. If on the contrary our life is flat and we have fear we are already a little dead, even if we breathe." When Dante thinks of love, Beatrice appears as a reflection of God and leads him to God in Paradise. Ibn Arabi sees love for Nizam, a love for God, According to him God created beauty and if we love something for its beauty, so we love only God.