This love includes even wrongdoers...

This love includes even wrongdoers, since they also manifest or represent some stages of goodness in their essence and this is that aspect of their being which is loved by God, though it might be overwhelmed by the demonic aspect of their characters and therefore they might be overall hated. A higher level of Divine love is His love for true believers, those who believe in Him, the ultimate Truth and do good deeds. Those are the people " He loves and who love Him " (5:54).

In the Qur'an, we find that God loves " the doers of justice " (5:42; 8:60; 9:49), " those who purify themselves " (9:108), " the pious " (3:76; 9:4 & 7), " those who do good (to others) " (5:13 & 93; 3:134 & 148; 2:195) " those who trust (Him) " (4:35) " the patient " (3:146) and " those who repent very much and purify themselves " (2:222).