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THE WAY
WAY TO
TO HAPPINESS
THE
HAPPNESS
"Happiness
basedon
on "Happiness
based
between
betweenIllusion
Illusion
and Reality"
Reality " by
and
by Dr.
Dr. Nasser
NasserAI-Omar
Al-Omar
"Causesof Happiness"
and"Causes
Happiness"
and
by
by Sheikh
Sheikh
Abdur-Rahman
Abdur-Rahman
AI-Sa'adi.
Al-Sa'adi.

by
by
Ghalib
Ghalib Ahmad Masri

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and
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jointly by
co-authors.Nathif
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Jama Adam
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has contributed
contributed the
lama
section
the section
" Sources of Happiness."
on "Sources
on
Happiness."Ghalib
Ghalib
Ahmad
Masri
has
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Masri has written
written the
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sectionsof the
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book.
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Descriotion
Description
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
Contents
Contents
lntroduction
Introduction
Definition of Happiness
Happiness
Definition
Sourcesof Happiness
Happiness
Sources
1. Happiness
Happinessin Wealth
1.
Wealth
-- Qarun
Qarun
ChristinaOnassis
-- Christina
Onassis
2. Happiness
Happinessin Rank
Position
2.
Rank and
and Position
The Shah
-- The
Shahof Iran
FerdinandMarcos
-- Ferdinand
Marcos
JeanBedel
BedelBokassa
-- Jean
Bokassa
-- Nicolae
NicolaeCeausescu
Ceausescu
Rajiv Gandhi
-- Rajiv
Gandhi
3. Educational
EducationalAchievements
3.
Achievements
4. Happiness
Happinessin Fame
4.
Farne
-- Sporting
Sporting
Acting
-- Acting
(Excerpts)
Articles (Excerpts)
Two Articles
Barriersto
to Real
RealHappiness
Happiness
Barriers
Disbelief in Allah and
Lack of True
1.
1. Disbelief
True
and Lack
Faith
Faith
2. Sin and
2.
and Crime
Crime
3.
Envy and
jealousy
andJealousy
3. Envy
4. Ill-will
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Anger
5. Anger
5.
lejustice
6. Injustice
6.
Fearof Worldly
7. Fear
Worldlv Power
Power
7.
Pessimism
Pessimism
8.
8.
9. Suspicion
Suspicion
9.
10. Arrogance
Arrogance
10.
11. Devotion
Devotionto
11.
to other
Allah
otherthan
thanAllah
12. Alcohol,
Alcohol, Drugs
12.
Drugs and
Drug Addiction
andDrug
Addiction
Landmarks on
Landmarks
on the
Happy Life
the Way to
to Happy
(Factorsand
of Happiness)
(Factors
Pre-requisites
Happiness)
and Pre-requisites
1. Sound
SoundBelief
Belief
1.
2. Worship
Worship and
2.
and Devotion
Devotionto
to Allah
Remembranceof Allah
3.
3. Remembrance
4. Goodness
Kindnessto
4.
Goodnessand
andKindness
to Others
Others
Renunciationof Too-Long
Too-Long Term
5.
5. Renunciation
Term
Hopesand
Past
Hopes
and Griefs
Griefs of the
the Past
ForgettingAbout People
6. Forgetting
Peoplewith
6.
Higher Standard
Higher
Standardof Living
Building of Better
7. Building
BetterUnderstanding
7.
Understanding
of Things
Things and
Rid of MisconcMisconcand Getting
Getting Rid
eptionsand
eptions
and Superstitions
Superstitions
Achieving Harmony
Harmony within
8. Achieving
8.
Oneself
Oneselfand
and with the
the Outward
OutwardWorld
Health, Time,
Time, Affluence
Affluence and
9. Good
Good Health,
9.
and
Sound
Reasoning
SoundReasoning
1 0 . Social
10.
SocialSolidarity
Solidarity
1 1 . Stability
11.
the Human
Human Personality
Personality
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12. The
The Feeling
Feelingof Peace
Peaceand
12.
andSecurity
Security
13.
Repentance
13. Repentance
14. Learning
teaming and
Pursuitof Knowledge
14.
andPursuit
Knowledge
15. Selection
15.
Selectionof Friends
Friends
16. Strong
16.
StrongWill and
andSelf-Confidence
Self-Confidence
17. Being
Beingon
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on Good
Termswith
with Family,
Family ,
GoodTerms
Friends
Friends and
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nameof Allah,
In the
thename
Allah, Most
Most Gracious,
Gracious,Most
Most
Merciful.
Merciful.

INTRODUCTION
To my surprise,
suqprise,he
he returned
returnedfrom
from the
rich dinner
the rich
dinner
very unhappy.
unhappy.I wanted
very
the reason.
reason. He
wantedto know the
He
"If only you
explained to
you had
explained
had seen
to me:
me: "If
seenthe
the
luxury they
luxury
they are
splendidvilla,
villa, rich
rich
are living in - aa splendid
food,
food, luxurious
luxurious furniture,
fumiture, servants
servantsand
fleet of
and aa fleet
cars!
cars! It makes
makesme
me feel
feel extremely
miserable".
extremelymiserable".
"But,
"Is he
"But, is
life?" I asked,
is he
he enjoying
his life?"
asked,"Is
he
enjoying his
really
really happy?"
happy?"
"As far
"As
far as
know", he
he replied,
replied, aa little
little
as I know",
pacified," he
is not
pacified,"
he is
not enjoying
enjoying the
luxuries of his
the luxuries
his
life. He
He wishes
wisheshe
life.
he could
food. even
could eat
eat ordinary
ordinarvfood,
even
bread,
bread,even
thoughhe
he loses
losesall his
eventhough
his
wealth."
wealth."
"So you
you are
richerand
"So
much richer
and happier
happierthan
he
are much
than he
"Your health
is", I said.
greaterwealth
is",
said."Your
health is
is aa greater
wealththan
than
luxurieswhich have
you so
those
thoseluxuries
havemade
madeyou
so depressed.
depressed.
Wealth alone
give happiness.
Wealth
alonedoes
doesnot
not give
happiness.You
You will
not sell
sell one
yours or your
your appetite
not
one finger
finger or eye
eye of yours
appetite
for
all
his
riches
or
cars!"
for
his riches cars!"
I saw
and
saw the
the tears
tearsof satisfaction
satisfaction
andgratefulness
sratefulness

7I
shine
his eyes.
shinein his
eyes.
"ThankAllah!
"Thank
Allah! Thank
ThankAllah!",
Allah!", He
He said.
said.
Very
Very often
often man
man meets
meets with incidents
incidentsand
and situasituations
his life that
make him unhappy.
tions in his
unhappy.Later,
Later,
that make
recovershis
when.
and
he recovers
his consciousness
reflects
when.he
consciousness
and reflects
incidentsand
on
he finds
finds that
his
on such
such incidents
and situations,
situations,he
that his
unhappiness
unhappinesswas
was simply
reaction,and
and that
man
simply aa reaction,
that man
reactdifferently,
can
can react
differently, achieving
achievingthereby
higher aa
therebyaa higher
degree
degreeof stability
and tolerance
if he
he is
is able
stability and
toleranceif
able to
to
cope
copewith the
the situation.
situation.
A neighbour
neighbourof the
Philosothe well-known
well-known German
GermanPhiloso(1724-1804)
pher Immanuel
Immanuel Kant
pher
Kant (1724-1804) had
had aa cock
cock
whose
whose crowing
crowing annoyed
annoyedhim and
and distracted
distractedhim
got fed
from
from his
his work.
work. When
he got
fed up
When he
up with the
the cock,
cock,
his servant
he
he sent
servantto
to buy
buy it and
and slaughter
senthis
slaughter it for
his meal.
meal. He
his
He invited
invited aa friend
friend of his
his to
meal
to the
the meal
and
them sat
waiting for luch.
luch. He
He talked
talked
and both
both of them
sat waiting
to
to his
his friend
friend about
the cock
the annoyance
about the
cock and
and the
annoyanceit
peaceand
used
to cause
causeand
and happihappiusedto
and described
describedthe
the peace
got rid of the
ness
he was
was enjoying
he had
had got
the
nesshe
after he
enjoying after
cock's
the
When the
broughtin the
cock'scrowing.
crowing. When
the servant
servantbrought
neighbourrefused
refusedto
food
food he
he explained
that their
to
explainedthat
their neighbour
purchasedone
sell
his cock
he purchased
one from
from the
the
sell his
cock and
and so
so he
market.
consciousof the
the
market. Kant
Kant became
becamesuddenly
suddenlyconscious
fact
fact the
the cock
cockwas
was still
still crowing.
crowing.
the the
philospher,I
well-known
Thinking
rvell-known philospher,
Thinking of this
this

8
found that
that he
he felt miserable
miserablebecause
found
becauseof the
the cock's
cock's
cry, and
he also
happyalthough
cry,
andhe
felt happy
alsofelt
the cock
althoughthe
cock was
was
still crowing.
crowing. Nothing
Nothing had
still
had changed;
changed;the
the change
change
was inside
inside himself.
himself. It was
was
was the
the inner
inner man,
man, not
not the
the
cock,that
that made
madehim happy
cock,
happyor unhappy!
unhappy!
I sleep
sleepin my house,
house,not
not disturbed
disturbedby the
the rolnoise of cars
ling noise
cars and
and their
their horns
horns in the
the street
streetnor
by salesmen's
salesmen'sloud
loud voices.
voices. Yet,
Yet, the
the sound
soundof aa
footstepor aa whisper
whisper inside
footstep
inside my bedroom
bedroomwould
would
wake me.
me. If
If I sleep
wake
sleep in the
the train,
train, even
even the
the talk of
thosesitting
sittingnext
next to
those
to me
me will not
not disturb
disturbmy sleep.
sleep.
What makes
makes me
me endure
What
endure the
the rumbling
rumbling noises
noisesof
cars
carsand
and salesmen,
salesmen,or the
the train,
train, though
though aa whisper
whisper
footstepwould
would rouse
rouseme
or footstep
from
my
sleep?
sleep?
me from
is because
becausesensation
It is
sensationis
is like
like aa light which,
which,
when on,
on, makes
makesthings
you visible
when
things around
visible whether
whether
aroundyou
pleasingor displeasing
you, and
they
they are
arepleasing
to you,
displeasingto
and when
when
you fail to
is off you
noises in the
it is
to hear
hear the
the noises
the street
street
though
thoughthey
they are
are louder.
louder. In fact,
fact, you
you heard
heardthe
the low
your bedroom
whisper in your
you directed
whisper
bedroombecause
becauseyou
directed
your sensation
you
sensationand
your
and attention
attention to
to it; while
while you
missedother
missed
othersounds
soundsbecause
you kept
kept them
becauseyou
them out
out of
your perception
perceptiondespite
your
despitetheir
their loudness,
loudness,so
they disso they
disappear
do big things
things in darkness.
appearas
as do
darkness.
Why not
not divert
divert your
your attention
attentionand
and sensation
sensation
from all discomforts
from
life? Not all discomforts
discomfortsof life?
discomforts
penetrateinto
penetrate
into your
your heart.
heart. Only
what YOU allow
Only what
allow

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your heart
into
into your
heart willingly will enter,
enter, like aa king
king
who
who allows
into his
his fortress
fortressby leaving
allows the
the enemy
enemyinto
leaving
its walls.
aa hole
hole in its
walls. So
not strengthen
So why not
strengthen and
and
pains
fortify ourselves
against
pains
and
discomforts?
ourselves against
and discomforts?
men of equal
physicalstrength
Two men
strengthmay
may carry
cary
equalphysical
the
load: the
if he
the same
sameload:
the first may
may complain
complain as
as if
he
carried
carried double
weight; while
double weight;
while the
the
other
may laugh
laugh and
if he
he carried
nothing.
othermay
and sing
sing as
as if
carriednothing.
physique
may
suffer
Two men
men of similar
physique
from
may
similar
suffer from
pessimisticallyand
illness:one
the
the same
sameillness:
may react
reactpessimistically
one may
and
always
alwaysimagine
imaginedeath,
increasingillness:
death, thereby
thereby increasing
illness:
while the
patiently, feel
while
may endure
the other
other may
endure patiently,
feel
optimistic
optimistic and
recovery,thereby
and expect
expect sooner
soonerrecovery,
thereby
goodhealth.
expediting
expeditinggood
health.
Bismark,
Bismark,the
geniusof
the man
man of iron
iron and
and blood,
blood,genius
peace,could
war and
give up
war
andpeace,
not give
couldnot
up smoking
smokingfor one
one
moment;he
he used
moment;
usedto
to light one
onecigarette
cigarettefrom
from anothanoththe day.
er all the
day. Without smoking,
he was
was not
not able
smoking, he
able
plan or take
to
to think,
think, plan
appropriateaction.
take appropriate
action. Once,
Once,
while in war,
while
war, he
he found
found only one
one cigarette
cigarettein
pocket, so
put off smoking
his
his pocket,
he put
so he
smokingit to
to the
time
the time
hardship. He
hardship.
He waited
waited for aa full week
week without
without
smoking,
hopeof using
smoking,entertaining
entertainingthe
the hope
usingthis
this cigarcigarrealizedthat
he was
ette
ette in time.
time. He
He realized
that he
was able
to do
do
able to
without
without smoking
smokingall
all this
this time.
time. He
He decided
decidedto
to stop
stop
good because
smoking
not want
want his
his
smokingfor good
becausehe
he did
did not
happiness
happinessto
to be
be dependent
dependenton
on aa single
singlecigarette.
cigarette.

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10
Imagineaa man
man whose
wasexhausted
Imagine
whosebody
body was
exhaustedwith
illness, and
illness,
and that
that suddenly
suddenly he
he noticed
noticed aa snake
snake
jumped out
crawling.towards
him and
crawling
towardshim
and at
at once
oncejumped
out of
his bed
he were
his
bedas
asif he
health and
werefull of health
vigour...or
andvigour...
or
man who
aa man
who returned
returnedhome
home exhausted
hunger
exhaustedwith hunger
and
and looking only for aa chair
rest on
chair to
to rest
on when
when he
he
receivedaa call from aa dear
personsaying
received
dearperson
saying he
he was
was
letter from the
coming,
coming, or an
an urgent
urgent letter
the Minister calling him with the
promotion,he
ing
the news
newsof promotion,
he would
would feel
feel
light-heartedand
light-hearted
andfull up
up and
and would
would hurry
hurry up
up to
to the
the
station
stationin the
the former
former or to
the Minister's
Minister's office
to the
office in
latter.
the latter.
the
powersare
Suchpowers
Such
arethe
the source
sourceof happiness!
happiness!
readers! You are
Dear readers!
you do
Dear
are rich,
rich, but
not
but you
do not
realize how wealthy
you are.
realize
wealthy you
are. Some
Some may
may suffer
suffer
from headache,
headache,toothache
from
which makes
toothacheor colic,
colic. which
makes
feel that
them
them feel
that life is
is dark.
dark. Why did they
not see
they not
see
the bright side
side of life when
when they
the
they were
healthy? If
were healthy?
If
goeson
someonegoes
someone
on aa diet,
diet, he
he will long
long for aa mouthmouthful of bread
bread or meat
meat and
and envy
envy those
thosewho
who enjoy
enjoy
foods. Why did
variousfoods.
pleasures
various
he not
not value
valuethe
dicihe
the pleasures
food before
before his
his illness?
iilness'i Why does
of food
doesman
man recogrecognize
nize the
the value
value of boons
boons and
bounties
only
when
he
and bounties
when he
loses them?
loses
them? Why does
man lament
the
does an
lament the
an old man
passingof his
his youth,
youth, while
while the
the young
young man
man fails
to
passing
fails to
smile
his
smile at
youth?
at his vouth?

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Why are
are we aware
aware of
of happiness
happiness only
only when
when itit is
is
Why
us?
far from us?
Almost everybody
everybody is lamenting
lamenting and
and yearning
yearning
about
past! Why not think
about the
the
his past!
to
of the
the past?
past?
present before
before it becomes
becomes part
part of
present

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We may ttrink
think that richness
richness can
can be
be attained
attained
possession of money
money alone.
alone. What
What can
can money
money
by possession
alone
give to man?
man? You may
may have
have heard
heard of the
the
alone give
most
delicious
sick
king
who
was
brought
the
most
delicious
the
was brought
sick
any of them.
them.
meals, but he
he was
was unable
unable to eat
eat any
meals,
his
Once,
window of his
looking through
through aa window
was looking
he was
Once, he
farmer
eating
palace,
his eyes
caught aa farmer eating
palace, when
when his
eyes caught
pushing one
one
brown
olives: pushing
black olives:
bread with black
brown bread
his
mouthful
into
his
mouth,
taking
a
second
in
his
a
second
mouth,
taking
into
his
mouthful
king
The king
hand,
third. The
his eyes
on aa third.
eyeson
settinghis
hand, and
and setting
an
suchan
wished
enjoyedsuch
and enjoyed
farmer and
had been
beenaa farmer
he had
wishedhe
appetite.
appetite.
health?
Why don't
valueof health?
the value
you recognize
recognizethe
don't you
to
would
agree
Is
there
no
value
for
health?
Who
would
agree
to
Who
health?
no
vaiue
Is there
dollars,
give
thousanddollars,
hundredthousand
for aa hundred
sightfor
give up
his sight
up his
millionaire?
or
richesof aa millionaire?
for the
the riches
part of his
nosefor
his nose
or part
to
happinessto
Gold
give life
life and
andhappiness
moneycannot
cannotgive
andmoney
Gold and
and
safe,and
largesafe,
every
his
his large
enterecl
Rothschildentered
man.Rothschild
everyman.
he
died
and
while
he
was
inside,
its
door
banged
and
he
died
its
door
banged
inside,
he
was
while
gold
we seeking
seeking gold
in
are we
gold. Why
Why are
of gold.
in aa sea
seaof

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12
anxiously
thoughwe
possess
we possess
anxiously though
ample
gold? Isn't
amplegold?
Isn't
sight as
preciousas
as precious
gold? And
sight
as gold?
And health.....and
health.....and
time...and
and the
the human
time...
....all these
human mind,
mind, too,
too,....all
these
aretreasures.
treasures.
Why don't
are
Why
don'twe
we make
makethe
the best
bestof
of our
our
time?....
Why don't
don'twe
we recognize
recognizethe
time?
... Why
life?
thevalue
valueof
of life?
Why don't
don'twe
we make
makethe
Why
thebest
bestuse
useof
of our
our minds?
minds?
Health,time
time and
and mind
mind are
Health,
are an
an invaluable
invaluablewealth
wealth
that
may
lead
man
that may lead man to
to happiness
happinessif he
he takes
takesthe
the
right way.
right
,< :r ,<
***
But what
what is
is the
the right
right way
way to
goal which
to that
rhat goal
which is
is
pursued by
by man
man everywhere
pursued
everywhereand
and at
at all
all times
times
throughouthistory?
history?
throughout
*There are
are several
*There
several trends
trendsthat
that describe
describethe
the
reality
of
happiness
reality
happiness and
its
and the
the way
way leading
leadingto its
attainment
attainment by man.
man. The
The major
major trends
trends can
can be
be
summed
summed up
up as
as follows:
follows:
1.
1. Spiritualistic
Spiritualistic School,
School, in which
which philosophers
philosophers
and
and theosophists
theosophists believe
believe that
that real
real happiness
happiness
consists
consists essentially
essentially in spiritual
spiritual life.
2.
2. Materialistic
Materialistic School
School or theory,
theory, which
which upholds
upholds
that
real
materialism.
that real happiness
happiness lies
lies in materialism.
3. Rationaiistic
Rationalistic School,
School, in which
which rationalists
rationalists
believe
that
believe that happiness
happiness can
can be
be attained
attained only
only by
by
reason
reason and
and logic.
logic.

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4. Islamic
Islamic Trend,
Trend, which states
states that
that the
the three
three types
types
the spiritual,
spiritual, the
the material
material and
and the
the rational
rational
of life: the
life if
are
together
essential
elements
happy
happy
if
of
essential
elements
together
are
they are
are ruled
ruled by the
the Islamic
Islamic belief,
belief, practice
practice and
and
they
is because
because man
man is
is a combination
combination of
values. That
That is
values.
those very
very three
three ingredients:
ingredients: the
the body,
body, mind
mind and
and
those
spirit:
the body
body is
is nourished
nourished by food
food and
drink,
and drink,
spirit: the
and the
the mind by knowledge
knowledge and
the
and experiments,
experiments,and
the
faith
spirit
it is
is sound
soundfaith
goodness....But
faith and
and goodness....But
spirit by faith
gives aa realistic
that
realistic
and gives
healthy spirit
spirit and
up aa healthy
that builds
builds up
position in this
this
and
man'sposition
explanation of man's
and truthful explanation
universe,
the basic
basicconcept
conceptof
Reality and
and the
Divine Reality
universe,Divine
and
the
Attributes of God,
God, and
PerfectAttributes
and Perfect
the Oneness
Onenessand
"Allah"
here
for
name
going to
the name
use the
here we
we are
are going
to use
God
with any
any distortions
distortions
is not
not associated
associatedwith
God as
as it is
added
polytheism,trinity
trinity
idolatry,polytheism,
addedby upholders
upholdersof idolatry,
gods.
and
falsegods.
worshippersof false
otherworshippers
andother
Let
modern
and evils
evils of modem
Let us
us consider
the crimes
crimesand
considerthe
rapes,drug
abuse,
societies:
drug abuse,
murders,suicides,
suicides,rapes,
societies:murders,
psychorobberies,
thefts,
psychoneurological,
sexual,neurological,
andsexual,
robberies,
thefts,and
juvenileand
and
logical,
and
manyother
otherabnonnalities
abnormalities
andmany
logical,juvenile
the
disorders...
becauseof the
void man
man suffers
suffersbecause
the void
disorders...the
human
from
of
true
faith
that
springs
from
human
absence
true faith that springs
absence
reasonand
and
with logic,
logic,reason
nature
not conflict
conflictwith
anddoes
doesnot
natureand
lack
awareof
science
....the
lack
of
awareestablished
facts
facts
science....the
established
in this
this
ness
existencein
man'sexistence
realaim
behindman's
thereal
aim behind
nessof the

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universe,i.e.,
i.e.,to
universe,
to build
build and
andestablish
establishan
an ideal
idealand
and
soundsociety
societycontrolled
controlledby
sound
by the
the instructions
instructionsand
and
injunctionsof his
his Merciful
Merciful and
injunctions
andWise
Wise Creator
Creatorso
so as
as
to free
free man
man from
from destructive
destructivedrives
to
drives and
inclinaand inclinations,and
andthe
the world
world from
from injustice
tions,
injusticeand
andtyranny....
tyranny....
In fact,
fact,Islam,
In
Islam, and
andonly
only Islam,
Islam,is
is the
thetrue
trueSaviour
Saviour
humanity and
of humanity
all
problems
and
and the
the answer
answerto
problems
to all
and
questions
facedby
questions faced
Ot man.
-ur;
* ** **
The happiness
happinessIslam
The
Islam achieves
achievesfor man
man has
hastwo
two
major domains:
domains:
major
l i fe , both
1. This wordly
l v life,
b o th on
o n the
th e individual
i n dividual
and collective
collective levels.It
levels.Itseeks
give man
and
seeksto
to give
man aa happy
happy
free of cares
cares and
and evils,
evils, characterized
life free
characterizedby
sound faith.
faith. It is
is aa life in which
sound
which every
every thing
rhing
placedat
shouldbe
be placed
at the
the service
should
serviceof man:
man:
"And He
(Allah) has
He (Allah)
hassubjected
"And
you, as
subjectedto
to you,
asfrom
from
Him, all that
that is
is in the
the heavens
heavens and
and on
on earth:
earth:
behold,
are Signs
behold, in that
that are
indeed for those
those who
who
Signs indeed
(Qur'an
reflect."
45:13)
reflect." (Qur'an 45:13)
Everything
is made
made available
available by AlEverything in nature
nature is
lah
lah for the
the use
use of man
man through
through the
the genius
genius and
and fafaculties
culties Allah has
has given
given to
to man.
man.
Yet,
as if
if they
they
Yet, many
many people
people behave
behave adversely
adversely as
were
were created
created to serye
serve wealth
wealth and
and be
be slaves
slaves to
the
losing thereby
thereby
the pleasures
pleasures and
and luxuries
luxuries of life, iosing
their
of will
will and
and becomine
becoming servants
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15
transient
transient trivial
trivialities
ities instea
instead
d of
of being
being servan
servants
ts-the
of
of
their Benef
their
Beneficent
icent Susta
Sustainer
iner and
and Cheri
Cf,erist
sher,
er, the
Eternal
Eterna
andAlmig
l and
Almighry
hty Allah.
Allah.
As for
for the
As
theCollec
Collective
tive aspect
aspect,
, Islam
Islamembra
ces all
embraces
all
rules and
rules
and princi
principles
ples contri
contributing
buting to
to aa happy
happy
society,
societ
whether.
y, wheth
er aa family
family,
, aa nation
nationor on
on larger
furg.,
scale,i.e.,
scale,
i.e.,on
on the
theintem
international
ationa llevel
level.
.
2. The Etern
2.
Eternal
Life after Death
al Life
Death::

The Life after

The
after death
deathis
is aa demon
demonsrration
stration of
Divine
Divin
Justice.
e Justic
e. That
That day
day is
is aa must
must for the
the
achievement
achiev
ement of retribu
retributive
juiticee and
tive justic
and settlem
ent
settlement
of- all
all injust
of
injustices
ices and
and outsta
outstanding
nding accou
nts, and
accounts,
and
at the
the same
at
sametime
time for the
the gener
generous
ous ieward
reward of good
good
acts. Since
acts.
Sincewe
we believ
believe
e that
that Allah
Allah is
is the
the One
and
One-and
Orly God
Only
God with
with perfect
perfec t attribu
attributes,
tes, it would
would be
be
illogical
illogic
to entert
al to
entertain
ain the
the notion
notion that
that He
He will leave
leave
justice
justic e unfulf
unfulfilled.
illed. This
This life
iife - so
so full of wrong
*.o"gr,s,
crimes,
crime
inconveniences,
s, incon
venien ces, good
good deeds
deedsunrewarrCed,
unrewarded,
and
and many
many human
huma n affairs
affairs unsettled
unsettled _
- is
is in fact
fact luii
just
an
an introdu
introductory
ctory chapter
chapter which
whichprepares
prepares for the
the
book
book of eternal
eterna l life
life in which
which .lustice
justic e i,
is ,.i,or.A
restored
and u
a person
person meers
gd
meets with his
his (or her)
her) just deserts.
deserts.
The
The rvrong-doers
wrong-doers who
who have
have persisteii
persisted in their
their sins
sins
and
and wrong-doing
wrong-doing and
and failed
failed io
to repent
repent
and
give
and
give
up
-punishmlnr up
sound
sound conducr
conduct wiil
will go
go to endless
endless punishment i;
in
Hell.
Hell. While rhose
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good records
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and

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16
and
d and
reward
us rewar
generous
e genero
receive
will receiv
deedswill
ous deed,s
righte
righteous
n
Heave
Heaven
the
the
in
ess
l happin
happiness
eternal
and eterna
real and
attain
uttiin real
That
That
Eden'
n of Eden.
Garden
the Garde
ise or the
Paradise
Allah, in Parad
of Allah,
es to
deserv
deserves
which
which
bliss,
t
bliss,
perfect
abodeof perfec
is
is the
the abode
man'
man.
by
t
sought
trious ly sough
industriously
ely and
and indus
be
sincerely
be sincer
on
caps on
handicaps
lties and
and handi
difficulties
some difficu
be some
may be
There
There may
l
faithfu
faithful
and
and
wise
of
wise
d goal
goal
exalted
this exalte
to this
road to
the
the road
mmad
Muhammad
et Muha
Prophet
the Proph
stated by the
as stated
e, as
people,
peopl
is
is
"Hell
that
ttrat
him)
him)
upon
be
upon
ngs
be
blessingj
and blessi
(Peace and
tp.i."
while
while
s,
desires,
watondesire
s and
and waton
whims
nded with whim
surrou
iunounded
Such
ips." Such
hardships'"
hardsh
with
nded
surrou
is
n
the
Garden surrounded
the Garde
y
goodl
goodly
man's
man's
of
test
a
test
as a
serve as
ips will serve
hardsh
hardships
attainattainthe
nce on
on the
insistence
ul insiste
truthful
ind of his truthf
nature
natureand
trader
d. A trader
rewar
reward'
and
re
and
pleasu
pleasure
's
Allah's
ment
ment of Allah
with
up
put
put
up-with
and
nights and
ess nights
sleepless
may
spend sleepl
may spend
l deal.
deal'
gainful
s in order
order to win aa gainfu
us effort
efforts
arduo
ardlous
ness
happi
happiness
of
abode
the
abode
in
the
life
l
etemal
ver, the
the eterna
Howe
However,
ted
compe
ever
competed
hasever
man has
which man
st deal
dealwhich
biggest
is
is the
the bigge
like?
ise like?
Paradise
is Parad
what is
But what
n to
to attain.
attain. But
or
striven
or strive
Alof
word
word
the
the
in
found
be found
r can
can only be
answer
The
The answe
His
wordsof His
the words
us Qur'an
Glorious
His Glorio
lah
lah in His
Qur'an or in the
upol
be upon
ngs be
blessi
(Peace
and
blessings
e
and
et (Peac
Prophet
ous Proph
Graci
Gracious
afthe
afon
on,
therity
ne Autho
Authority
genuine
the genui
is ihe
who is
him),
him), who
the
l and
and the
general
n in genera
unseen
ind unsee
seen and
the seen
fairs
fairs of the
reresuch
such
about
about
learnt
leamt
he
he
as
ular, as
particular,
fter in partic
Herea
Hereafter
AllAilthe
from the
ed from
received
ation receiv
Revelation
h Revel
through
alities
alities throug
-All-a*u.e,
The
the
Allah.
Allah'
ute
Absol
Absolute
are,
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ng,
knowi
knowing,

n
17
righteous
righte
soul of
ous soul
of aa good
good believ
believer
er return
returns
s to
to its
its
Lord "well please
pleased
d and
andwell
well pleasi
pleasing,,:
ng":
..L:.d-'we.ll
"(To.the.righteous
"(To the righte ous soul
soulwill
will be
bLsaid:)
said:i
"O (thou)
(thou)soul,
"0
soul,in
(complete)
in (comp
lete) rest
restand
and
satisfaction!
satisfa
ction!
"Come
"Com
backthou
e back
thou to
to thy
thy Lord,
Lord, well-p
well_pleased
leased
(thyself),
(thyse
lf), and
andwell-p
well-pleasing
leasin g unto
untoHim!
Him!
"Enter
"Ente
thou,then,
r thou,
then,amon
among
g my
-y Devot
Devotees!
ees!
"Yea,enter
"Yea,
enterthou
thouMy Heave
Heaven!"
n!"
(Qur'an,
-i0)
(Qur'a
n, 89:27
Bg:Zl-30)
The above
abovepassag
The
passage
e refers
refersto
to the
the state
stateof freedo
freedom
m
and ease,
ease,to
and
to the
the final
final and
and everla
everlasting
sting stage
,rug. of
o1
human
huma
n bliss,
bliss, when
when the
the righte
righteous
ous soul
soul of the
the
righteous
righte
believer,
ous believ
er, at
at peace
peacJwith
with its
its Lord,
Lord, certain
certain
of its
its way
way and
and fate,
fate, is
is welcomed
welco med amon
g those
among
those
servants
servan
ts of AIIah
Allah chose
chosen
n ro
to enjoy
enjoy this
Divin e
this bir,,ine
graceand
grace
and to
to receive
receive Allah's
Allah's me.cy
mercy and
protection.
andprotection.
"Every
"Ever
y
soul
soul
shall
shall
have
have
taste of^death:
a taite
of death: and
and
only on-the
on the Day
Day of Jud_gment
Judgm ent shall
shall you
you U.
be puiJ
paid
your
your fullrecompense.
full recom pense . Only
Only he
he whols
who is .uu.d^
saved fu.
far
rrom
from the
the tstre
Fire and
and admitted
admit ted to the
the Garden
Garde n will
will have
have
succeeded:
succe eded: for the
the life of this
this world
world is
is but gooAi
goods
and
and chattels
chattels of
of deception."(Holy
deception. "(Holy eur'an,
Qur'an, f3:185
:tfS))
The
The blessings
blessi ngs of
of paradise
Paradise cannot
canno t be
be concei,ved
conceived

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1
of this
things of
therefore, things
are not, therefore,
and are
life, and
*in this life,
world:
world:
the
delights of the
what delights
knows what
perso n knows
"Now no person
as a
them as
reserve) for them
hidde n (in reserve)
are kept hidden
eye are
eye
Deeds."
(good) Deeds"'
their (good)
reward for their
reward
)
32:17
n,
(Qur'a
(Qur'an,32:t7)
Prophet's
the Prophet's
given in the
this is given
explan
An explanation
^ ation of this
tradition
upon him) tradition
be upon
blessings be
and blessings
(p.uce
(Peace anO
of
ilation
compilation
comp
Bukhari's
menti oned in Imam bukhari's
mentioned
:
Hadith
Hadith:
i'Ailuh
ous
righteous
red for my righte
prepared
have prepa
"Allah says:
says: I have
no
no
seen'
seen,
ever
has ever
eye has
no eye
which no
ts that
that which
servan
servants
ever
has ever
mind has
man'smind
no man's
, and
and no
hsard,
ear
ever heard
has ever
ear has
ived. "
conce
conceived."
the
aboutthe
us Qur'an
Glorious
the Glorio
Qur'anabout
We read
read in the
passages
es
blisspassag
sting bliss
everlasting
ns of everla
Gardens
n or Garde
Garde
Garden
s:
follows:
follow
as
runsas
which runs
ng of which
the
meaning
the meani
and
men and
ers, men
llelievers'
Believ
to
to
sed
promisecl
promi
"Aliah
hath
"Allah hath
dwell
to dwell
f1ow,to
riversf1ow,
which rivers
ns under
underwhich
n, Garde
wome
Gardens
women,
ns of
Gardens
in Garde
ons in
mansions
ful mansi
beautiful
n, and
and beauti
therei
therein,
Good
is the
theGood
st bliss
blissis
greatest
the greate
But the
sting stay.
stay. But
everla
everlasting
re of God:
God:
Pleasu
Pleasure
9:72)
n, 9:72)
(Qur'an,
y." (Qur'a
e felicit
feiicity."
suprem
the
is
supreme
That
That is the
you today
today
you
on
on
be
be
shall
shall
fear
fear
es! No
No
"My devote
"My
devotees!
"
grieve"
nor
nor shall
shallye
Yegrieve

19
t9
"Those
"Thos
e who
who have
have believ
ed in our
believed
our Signs
Siens and
and
submi
(to Us)."
tted (to
submitted
Us)."
"Enter ye the
the Garde
Garden,
n, ye
ye and
your wives
and your
wives,
, in
._ "Ente r ye
(beauty
(beaut
y and)
and) rejoic
rejoicing.
ing.
"To them
"To
them will be
passedround
be passed
round,
, dishes
dishesand
and
goblets
goble
ts of gold:
gold: there
there will
wiil be
be there
there all that
that
the
the souls
souls could
could desire
desire,
, all
all that
that the
the eyes
eyescould
could
deligh
delight
t in:
in: and
and ye
ye shall
shall abide
abidetherei
rherein
n (for aye).
aye).
"Suchwill be
"Such
be the
the Garde
Garden
n of which
which ye
ye are
are'made
made
heirs
heirsfor
for your
your (good
(good)
(in life).
) deeds
deeds(in
life).
"Ye shall
shall have
havetherei
therein
n abund
abundance
ance of fruit,
fruit. from
from
which
which ye
ye shall
shalleat."
(Qur'an,
eat." (Qur'a
n, 43:68
43:6g-73)
-73)

What
What for sinner
sinners
s and
and disobe
disobedient
dient crimin
criminals?
als?
"The Sinne
punishment
"The
Sinners
rs will
will in the
the Punishment of Hell,
Hell. to
to
dwell
dwell therei
therein
n (for aye):
aye):
"Nowise
"Now
ise will
(punishment)
will the
the (punis
hment) be
be lighte
lightened
ned for
them,
them, and
and in despa
despair
ir will they
they be
be there
there overover_
whelm
whelmed.
ed.
"Nowise
"Now
ise shall
shall We
We be
be unjust
unjustto
to them:
them: but
but it is
is
they
theywho
who have
havebeen
beenunjust
unjustthems
themselves."
elves."
(Qur'an,
(Qur'a
n, 43:74
-76)
43:74-76)
******
*****
*

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The need
need to
to discuss
discuss this
this subject
subject of
of "happiness"
"happiness"
The
some
reasons
various
of
various
reasons
some
has
arisen
as
a
result
of
result
a
has arisen as
:
of which
which may
may be
be summed
summed as
as follows
follows:
of
(l) People
People could
could belong
belong to
to different
different religious
religious
(1)
denominations, or schools
schools of
of thought,
thought, could
denominations,
and
aspirations,
wishes
have
different
feelings,
wishes
and
aspirations,
feelings,
have different
are apparently
apparently in
in total agreement
agreement about
about
yet they are
one goal
goal in their
their life
life:: that
that is
the puisuit
pursuit of one
ihe
happiness.
happiness.
true of all persons
persons -- believers
believers and
and
This is true
poor,
rich
and
ruled,
non-believers,
rulers
and
ruled,
rich
and
poor,
and
non-believers, rulers
happiness.
they
achievehappiness.
to achieve
they all toil to

human
all human
consensusof all
(2)
the consensus
(2) Notwithstanding
Notwithstandingthe
however,
is however,
beings
happiness,it is
on seeking
seeking happiness,
beings on
and
individuals
surprising
how
different
individuals
and
different
surylsing
and
chosen
have
people
different
groups
different- groups of people have chosen and
and
ways and
differing ways
defined
themselves differing
foi themselves
defined for
so
in
go,al.
And
to
achieve
this
common
gO,al.
And
in
so
avenues
this
common
avenuesto achieve
have
to
seem to have
of them
themseem
doing
number of
large number
doing aa large
goal and
and
this goal
to this
missed
proper avenues
avenues to
the proper
missed the
any
achieveany
to achieve
failed to
have
consequently failed
have consequently
only
but
lives
happiness
throughout
their
lives
but
only
their
happiness throughout
betermed
termed
canbe
what can
have
attainingwhat
ln attaining
have succeeded
succeededin
as
"transitory" happiness
happinessas
as
"illusory" and
and "transitory"
as "illusory"

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oppos
"real" and
opposed
ed to
to "real"
"permanent"
and "penn
anent" happin
happiness.
ess.
Hence
Hence,
, the
the attem
attempt
pt in this
this book
book to re-dir
r-e_direct
ect
these
thesepeopl
people
e to
to the
the prope
proper
r course
courseof action
actionto
to be
be
able
ableto
to achiev
achieve
e the
the sough
sought-after
t-after happin
happiness.
ess.
The above
above,as
,as well as
as many
many other
other reason
reasons,
s,
_ The
have
have led
led to
to our
our discus
discussion
sion of this
this impor
importani
tant
subjec
subject
t with aa sincer
sincere
e hope
hope that
that this
this treatis
ireatise
e
would
would prove
prove of help
help to
to many
many who
who are
areearnes
earnestly
tly
search
searching
ing for real
real happi
happiness.
ness.

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DEFINITION OF
OF HAPPINESS
HAPPINESS
DEFINITION

WHAT IS
IS HAPPINESS?
HAPPINESS?
WHAT
'Webster's
According
to
'Webster's Third New
New International
International
Rccorditg
of
Dictionary', happiness
happiness is a state
state of well-being
well-being
Dictionary',
characterized by relative perrnanence,
pennanence, by domicharacteri2edbyielative
nantly agreeable
agreeable emotion
emotion ranging
ranging in value
value from
nantly
mere contentment
contentment to deep
deep and
and intense
intense joy
joy in
mere
living, and
and by a natural
natural desire
desire for its continuation.
continuation.
this
tenn and
and its
its
"In tle
the distinction
distinction between
between this term
blessedness
beatitude,blessedness,
synonyms
(i.e., felicity,
felicity, beatitude,
synonyms (i.e.,
general
as the
the general
bliss),
HAPPINESS"', as
definesHAPPINESS"
Uiiss),it defines
pleasureable
or pleasureable
tenn
enjoyment of or
denoting enjoyment
term denoting
fulfillment
or fulfillment
security,
satisfaction
in
well-being,
security,
or
in
well-being,
satisfaction
or
elevated
bookish
more
of wishes.
FELICITY,
a
more
bookish
or
elevated
wishes.FELICITY, a
or
lasting,or
more lasting,
higher, more
word,
may denote
denote aa higher,
word, may
in
refersin
BEATITUDE refers
more
happiness.BEATITUDE
perfect happiness.
more perfect
of
felicity
the
happiness,
this
the felicity of
hlghesthappiness,
thehighest
to the
this sense
senseto
deep
the deep
suggeststhe
the
BLESSEDNESS suggests
theblessed.
blessed.BLESSEDNESS
by
acceptance
of
or
pure
affection
or
of
acceptance
by
joy
joy of
affection
ofpure
God.
God.
assured
andassured
completeand
BLISS
to aa complete
may apply
apply to
BLISS may
felicity."
felicity."
define
psychology
andpsychology
of
and
define
Some
of education
education
students
Somestudents
of
or
state
feeling
HAPPINESS
as
the
continued
feeling
or
state
of
continued
HAPPINESSas the
the
joy
from
emanatingfrom the
delight,
and
andjoy emanating
contentment,
delight,contentment,

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perrnanent
penna
nent sense
senseof self-g
self-goodness,
oodness, goodn
goodness
ess of life
life
andgoodn
goodness
and
ess of man's
man'sdestin
destiny.
y.

SOUR
SOURCES
CES OF
OF HAPP
HAPPINESS
INESS
Different
Differ
ent indivi
individuals
duals and
and group
groups
s of peopl
people
e may
may
have differ
have
differenr
ent ideas
ideas with
wirh regard
.egaid to
to the
the best
best
ways of achiev
ways
achieving
ing happin
happiness.
ess. Howe
However,
ver, there
there are
are
several
severa
l theori
theories
es and
and specu
speculations
lations which
which many
manv aa
people share
people
share as
as consti
constituting
tuting the
the main
main source
sources
s of
happiness.
happin
ess. These
Thesemay
may be
be classif
clasiified
ied as
asfollow
follows
s::
(1) Wealt
(1)
Wealth
h
(2) Rank
(2)
Rankand
position.
andpositi
on.
(3) Educa
(3)
Educational
tional achiev
achievements
ement s
(Academic
(Acad
emic and
andHono
Honorary
rary Degre
Degrees).
es).
(4) Fame
(4)
Fame(i.e.,
(i.e.,in politic
politics,
s, arts,
aits,sports
sporrs,
,
scienc
science,
e, etc.).
etc.).
(1) HAPP
(1)
HAPPINESS
INESS IN WEA
WEALTH
LTH
Wealth
Wealt
probably,
h if,
is, proba bly, the
the eleme
element
nt mostly
mostly assoasso_
ciated,
ciated
, if _not
not synon
synonymous,
ymou s, with
with happi
happiness
ness as
as
manypeople
many
peopl e think.
think. This
This under
understand
stand ing
ing so
so deepdeep_
rooted in the
rooted
the hearts
hearts of so
so many
many,
, to
the extent
toihe
extent
that almos
almost.everywhere
t
every
where
people
peopl
e are
are engro
engrossed
ssed in
tut
the acquis
the
acquisition
ition of wealth.
wealth. They
ih.y
look towards
look
towards
wealth.as
wealth
as the
the primal
prima l consti
constituent
tuent of happiness
happiness to
to
the
the point
point that
that for them
them the
the two
two are
are entwin
entwined.
ed.

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How happy
happy
are those
those men
men and
and women
women who
who own
own
are
How
^empires,
and
land
of
business
empires,
wide
expanses
expanses
of
land
and
wide
business
etc?
estates,
large
bank
deposits,
etc?
estates,largebank dePosits,
Many indeed
indeed are
are those
those people
people who
who own
own millions
millions
Many
or even billions but
but are
are suffering
suffering from
from an
an almost
almost
"u"t
of
result
as
a
permanent lack of
of peace
peace of
of mind as
of
pernanent
fear
the
wealth
their
the
have
wealth
the
fear
over
have
they
fear
tire
of, say,
say, political
political turmoils,
turmoils, market
market movements,
movements,
wars, piund^ers,
plunders, theft,
theft, etc.
etc. And not only does
does such
such
wars,
people
but
for
these
fear
lead
to
sleepless
nights
these
people
nights
fear lead sleepless
and
attacks
evep tensions,
tensions, mental
mental anguish,
anguish, heart
heart attacks and
eve1t
the
reportsin the
across
deaths.
Very
often
one
comes
across
reports
comes
one
often
deaths.
media
such
as
the
following
:
media such as the
financial
* Fortunes
lives follow in financial
and lives
lost and
Fortuneslost
!
market
crash.....!
marketcrash.....

* A Tokyo
rently
apparently
afterappa
himself after
shothimself
tradershot
Tokyo trader
market--!
losing
stockmarket..!
in the
the stock
moneyin
losingmoney
*
to
rushedto
wasrushed
manwas
* Australia's
richestman
Australia's richest
Sunday'
hospital
condition,Sunday,
seriouscondition,
in serious
hospitalin
after
... !
attack....!
heartattack.
sufferingaaheart
aftersuffering
has
happiness
thathappiness
Understanding
has
acceptingthat
and accepting
Understandingand
wealth
of
nothing
amassmentof wealth isis
with amassment
do with
to do
nothing to
ever
wecan
canever
realizationwe
perhaps
liberatingrealization
mostliberating
themost
perhapsthe
come
to.
cometo.
lives
thelives
from the
Ample
availablefrom
readilyavailable
materialisisreadily
Amplematerial

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of many
many peopl
people
prove our
e to
to prove
our dictum
"wealth
dictum"weal
th is
is
not equal
equal to happin
happiness".
ess".
QAAR
UN
OAARUN
Qarun
(Kora)
's (Kora
)
story
story serves
Qarun's
serves as
as aa typica
typical
l
ex-am
ex^-ample
ple of opule
opulent
nt peopl
people
e
whose
whose
wialth
wealth
infuse
infused
d them
them with pride
pride and
and arroga
arrogance
nce and
and
made
madethem
them forget
forget the
role
the role of wealth
wealthin
man's life.
inhan's
life.
Wealt
Wealth
h should
shouldbe
be used
used for the
the achiev
achievement
ement of
the
the welfa
welfare
re of man
man and
and his
his societ
society
y in accoraccor_
dance
dance with
with the
the will and
and comm
commandments
andme nts of AlAl_
might
mighty
y Allah,
Allah, Who
Who has
has grante
granred
d man
man his
his exisexis_
tence,
tence,
facult
faculties,
ies,
powers,
power
s, susten
sustenance
ance and
and
resources.
resour
ces.
His
His story
storyis
is told
told in
in the
theHoly Qur'an
:
eur'an:
""......Such
Such were
were the
the treasu
treasure
re We
We had
had bestow
bestowed
ed
on
on him,
him, that
that their
their very
very keys
keys would
would have
havebeen
been
aa burde
burden
n to
to aa body
body of strong
strongmen.
men. Behol
Behold,
d, his
his
people said
people
saidto
to him:
him: Exult
Exult not,
not, for Allah
Allah loveth
loveth
not
not those
those who
who exult
(in riches
exult (in
riches)."
)." (Qur'a
(eur'an,
n, 28:76
2g:76)
)
Then,
Then,
"So he
"So
he went
went forth
forth amon
g his
among
his people
people in the
the
(pride of his
(pride
his wordl
wordly)
y) glitter
glitter;.
(eur'an,
". (Qur'a
n,28:7
2g:79)
9)

When
When he
he was
was in the
rhe hey-d
hey-day
ay of his
glory,
his glory,
world
worldly
ly peopl
people
e envied
enviedhim
him and
and thoug
thought
ht how
now hapnap_
py
py they
they would
would be
be if
if only
only they
they were
werein
in his
his place.
place.

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But wise
wise people
people were
were not
not dazzled
dazzled by
by Qaarun's
Qaarun's
But
the
realized
fabulous
wealth,
because
they
realized
the trantranthey
because
wealth,
fabulous
were
they
and
treasures
of
worldly
treasures
and
they
were
sient
nature
sient nature of worldly
certain that
that the
the true
true wealth
wealth is
is the
the reward
reward of
of AlAlcertain
bewho
those
lah
(in
the
Hereafter)
for
those
who
befor
(in
Hereafter)
the
lah
and work
work rightesousness.
rightesousness. (Vide the Qur'an,
Qur'an,
lieve and
28:80)
28:80)

Qaarun lived ostentatiously

ostentatiously and
and appeared
appeared to
Qaarun
many of his
his people
people "a lord of
of mighty
mighty good
good
*uny
appearance
glorious
fortune." They
They admired
admired his
his glorious appearance
fortune."
'illusory
was 'illusory
this was
but
forgot
his
reality.
All this
reality.
his
forgot
but
just
like
happiness,
happines'
just like
transienthappiness,
least,transient
at least,
or, at
happineJ'or,
aa dream
movie.
dreamor aa movie.
that
to all that
happenedto
What
was
the
end?
What happened
end? What
the
What was
arrogance?
pomp,
wealth,
pride
and
arrogance?
pomp,
wealth, Pride and
^
up him
to swallow
swallow up
"Then,
earth to
the earth
"T'hen.We
We caused
causedthe
parlittle) par(theleast
leastlittle)
not (the
and
hadnot
he had
andhe
house;and
his house;
andhis
defend
he
could
nor could he defend
ty
Allah, nor
againstAllah,
him against
helphim
ty to
to help
himself."
(Qur'an28:81)
28:81)
himself."(Qur'an

CHRISTINA
ONASSIS
CHRISTINAONASSIS
which
story which
Here
lies
another
eventful story
ti"J another eventful
H.t.
the
whatever
wealth, whatever the
proved
that wealth,
doubtthat
beyonddoubt
proved beyond
for
basisfor
thebasis
bethe
itselfbe
amount
by itself
cannotby
holds,cannot
o.teholds,
imountone
is
the
Here
happiness!
of
real
happiness!
Here
is
the
the
achievement
the achievementof real
of
mindsof
the minds
story
the
yearsdominated
<iominated
for years
which for
story which

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writers, reporters
reportersand
writers,
and newsmen,
newsmen,as
as well
well as
as the
the
pages
of newspapers,
newspapers,books
pages of
books and
and magazines!
magazines!
Thisisis the
thestory
storyof
of Christina
This
Christina Onassis
Onassis-- daughter
daughter
of the
the famous
famous Greek
Greektycoon,
of
Onassis,
tycoon,Aristotle
Aristotle Onassis,
who owned
ownedfleets
fleets of
who
of ships
ships and
and aeroplanes,
aeroplanes,
lakes and
andislands,
islands,real
realestates,
lakes
huge
estates,
hugebank
bank deposdeposits, etc.
etc. Following
Following the
the death
its,
death of her
her father,
farher,
Christina was
was the
the only
Christina
only one
one left
lefr behind
behind as
as the
the
legal heiress
heiressto
the vast
to the
vast resources
resourcesof her
father
legal
her father
besidesher
her late
late father's
father'ssecond
besides
secondwife
wife Jacqueline
Jacqueline
Kennedy.The
The enormous
enornous liquid
Kennedy.
liquid inheritances
inheritances
were
to
the
tune
of
billions of dollars
were to the tune
billions
dollarsbesides
besidesthe
the
immovable properties,
properties,the
immovable
the fleet
fleet of ships
ships and
and
aeroplanes,lakes
lakesand
aeroplanes,
and islands,
islands, real
real estates,
estates,large
large
bank
deposites,etc
etc What
What an
bank deposites,
an inheritance
inheritancethat
that
was! Certainly,
Certainly, to
to the
was!
judgment, reasoning,
the judgment,
reasoning,
feelings and
and standards
standardsof most
someon~
feelings
most people,
people, someor\e
inheriting
such a huge
fortune should
inheriting such
huge fortune
be the
the
should be
happiest
happiest person
person on
on earth
earth -- but
but was
was this
this true
true for
Christina?
Christina? The
The answer
answer to
to this
this question
question can
can only
only be
be
arrived
arrived at
at after
after going
going through
through the
the following
following pages
pages
which
which briefly
briefly explain
explain the
the known
known course.of
course.of her
her
life.
life.
Christina
Christina got
got married
married to an
an American
American during
during her
her
father's
father's lifetime;
lifetime; but only
only a lew
few months
months
thereafter
thereafter the
the marriage
marriage broke
broke up and
and ended
ended up in
divorce.
of her
her father,
father, she
she got
got
divorce. After the
the death
death of

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married
a Greek
Greek for the
the second
second time but
married to a
their
marriage
lasted
only
a
few
months, ifif not
months,
their marriage lasted
weeks,
before it was
was all over!
over!
weeks,before
Christina
stayed
out
marriage for quite
quite some
some
of
marriage
Christinh stayedout
time
happy life outside
outside
time apparently'looking
apparently'lookingfor a happy
the
However, that
that happiness
happiness did
marriagebond.
bond. However,
the marriage
not
a few years
years had
had elapsed,
elapsed,
after a
materializeand,
and, after
not materialize
she
a life of happiness
happiness under
under
shefelt like trying to find a
her
the
marriage
bond
once
again.
time
This
time
once
again.
the marriage bond
choice
completely
was from aa completely
husband was
choice for aa husband
Russia! To many
different
many
from communist
communistRussia!
camp from
differentcamp
who
this step,
step,
westem life, this
free style
style western
knew her
her free
who knew
perturbing or
indeed,
if not perturbing
an interesting,
interesting,if
indeed,became
becamean
excruciating
when once
once asked
asked
experience.And when
excruciating experience.
ready
had aa ready
shehad
by
pressman of this
this move,
move, she
by aa pressman
am
answer
short,but frank:
frank: "I am
was simple,
which was
simple, short,
answerwhich
searching
for
happiness."
for
searching happiness."
previousmarriages
marriageswere
Of course,
were
her two
two previous
course, her
since they
they both
West; and
and since
with
both
men from
from the
the West;
with men
"discover"
she could
failed,
that she
could "discover"
failed, she
she thought
thought that
was
But here
here too
too she
East.But
shewas
some
happinessin the
the East.
some happiness
with
no
guarantees.
luck
only
no guarantees.
her luck
only trying
trying out
out her
her for aa second
secondtime
time
pressmeninterviewed
interviewedher
When
When pressmen
for
am searching
reply was:
was: "I am
searchingfor
her
her unchanged
unchangedreply

,
hhappiness..!
appmess...
marriagein
her marriage
was she
happy about
about her
But was
she really
reaily happy
But
the
hardlv
remained
Never!
Russia?
Russia?Never! She
She hardly remained with the

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Russian for
for more
more than
Russian
than aa year
yearbefore
beforesh~
she
eventually
divorced
him!
eventually divorced him!
Apparently, that
that was
wasnot
not the
Apparently,
the end
endof
of the
themarriage
marriage
"dilemma".Back
Back in
in Europe
"dilemma".
Europeshe
shedecided
decidedto
give itit
to give
one more
more final
final try
one
try this
this time
time with
with aa French
French
industrialist, the
the fourth
fourth husband
industrialist,
husbandfrom
from aa fourth
fourth
different
country
in hardly
hardly aa period
period of
different country in
of two
two years!
years!
What aa miserable
miserableand
andunsecured
unsecuredlife it has
What
hasbeen.
been.It
wasduring
during one
one of those
was
those occasions
occasions at
party
at aa party
relating to
to this
this last
last marriage
relating
marriage that
pressman
that aa pressman
askedher
her whether
whethershe
asked
she was
was the
richestwoman
the richest
woman
"yes!
andher
her frank
frank reply
reply went
went as
and
follows:
"Yes!
I am
as follows:
am
richestwoman
the richest
womanbut
.."
the
but the
the unhappiest..
unhappiest...."
The marriage
marriagewith the
the French
French industrialist
The
industrialistwent
went
planned
ahead
as
ahead as planned but
but it took
took only
only aa few
few months
monthsto
to
existbefore
wasall gone!
gone!
exist
before it was
Having
Having failed
failed to achieve
achieve happiness
happiness under
under marriage
marriage
life,
life, Christina
Christina vowed
vowed not
not to marry
marry again
again and
and
endeavoured
achieve happiness
happiness "on
"on her
her
endeavoured to achieve
own".
own". However,
However, happiness
happiness was
was impossible
impossible for
her even
even on her own and
and she
she spent
spent the
the rest
rest of
her life in a desperate
desperate manner
manner full
full of
of frustrations
frustrations
and
of frenzy
travels
and dissappointments
dissappointments and
and of
frenzy travels
between
between the
the world's
world's major cities
cities until,
until, finally,
finally, she
she
was
found
lying
dead
was found
dead inside
inside a hotel
hotel in Argentina.
Argentina.
Who
Who killed
killed her?
her? She
She committed
committed suicide!
suicide! Whar
What an
an
unhappy
unhappy ending
ending 1br
for aa very,
very, very
very wealthy
wealthy lady!
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Was her wealth

wealth able
able to buy her happiness?
happiness?
Was
NEVER,
N D E E D !!!!!
NE
VE R ,IINDEED!!!!!
(2)
(2) HAPPINESS
HAPPINESS IN RANK
RANK ANpgOSITION
ANDPOSITION
Could real
real happiness
happiness be attained
attained through
through the
the
Could
rank or position
position in society?
society?
acquirement of high rank
acquirement
many the
the answer
answer is in the
the affirmative.
affinnative.
To many
deep insight
insight in
This is apparently
apparently due
due to lack
lack of deep
This
rank or position
position and
the responsibiliresponsibilithe nature
nature of rank
and the
the
any
ties which
which they
they involve.
involve. In Islam,
Islam, holding
holding any
ties
foremost
position, rank
rank or office is first and
and foremost
position,
an
constitutes
regarded
as
a
trust
and,
therefore,
constitutes
an
therefore,
trust
and,
a
regardedas
responsimoral responsiobligation,
as moral
as well as
legal as
and aa legal
obligation,and
such
be entrusted
entrustedwith such
bility. Therefore,
to be
thoseto
Therefore,those
possessed
who
are
of
roles
could
only
be
citizens
who
are
possessed
rolescould only be citizens
virtue.
and virtue.
integrityand
unquestionable
integrity
competence,
unquestionablecompetence,
personcan
shoulOnly
can shouland competent
competentperson
righteousand
Only aa righteous
for
positionor
officefor
der
or office
his position
anduse
usehis
responsibilityand
derresponsibility
public
welfare.
public welfare.
justice
dispensejustice
to dispense
Such
a
personwould
be able
able to
would be
Such a person
promote sound
sound
based
and promote
moral value
value and
on moral
based on
enhance
promote
and
administration.
He
would
promote
and
enhance
He
would
administration.
their
people by
handling their
the
by handling
his people
well-beingof his
the well-being
is in accordance
accordancewith
affairs
that is
manner that
affairs in aa manner
his
eam his
would earn
he would
public
return,he
In return,
interest. In
public interest.
coopand cooployalty and
people's
support,loyalty
obedience,support,
people's obedience,
job
his job
doing his
eration.
love doing
he would
would love
Thus, he
eration. Thus,

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becauseultimately
ultimatelyhe
because
hewould
would be
be blessed
blessed with
with
joy, happiness,contentment
happiness,contentment
joy,
and
andsatisfaction.
satisfaction.
However,any
person who
any person
However,
who is
is entrusted
entrustedwith
with auauthority over
overothers
thority
does
not
conduct
his
othersand
and doesnot conducthis affairs
affairs
justiceand
on the
thebasis
basisof
of justice
on
moralstandards,
andmoral
standards,would
would
definitelybe
responsiblefor
be responsible
definitely
for maladministration.
maladministration.
positionwould
His position
would only
His
only be
be aa source
sourceof misery
miseryand
and
corruptionwith
with issues
issuessuch
corruption
suchas
asthe
thefollowing:
following:
*Lossof
public confidence.
of public
*Loss
confidence.
*Rift
betweenthe
the ruler
ruler and
*Rift between
andthe
the ruled.
ruled.
*Tension,fear
fear and
and insecurity
insecurityof life and
*Tension,
and
position
part
on the
the part of the
position on
the ruler.
ruler.
*The ruler's
ruler'sinternal
intemal restlessness
restlessness
*The
and
and
agoniesof conscience.
conscience.
agonies
*Upsurgeof enemies
enemiesand
*Upsurge
andoppositions
oppositions
from amongst
amongstthe
the ruled.
from
ruled.
*Ruler going
goingto
greatlengths
to great
lengthsto protect
*Ruler
protect
position - at
his position
at times
timesat
his
any cost,
cost, even
even
at any
if that
that may
if
may mean
mean the
the shedding
shedding of blood.
blood.
*Public revolt.
*Public
revolt.
*Coups
*Coups d'etat.
d'etat.
*Assassinations.
*Assassinations.
Hardly does
does a year
year pass
pass by around
around the
the world
without
of miserable
miserable falls,
falls,
without closing
closing with the
the news
news of
overthrows
overthrows and/or
and/or assassinations
assassinations of
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unwanted

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rulers, kings,
kings, emperors,
emperors, premiers,
premiers, presidents,
presidents, etc.
etc.
rulers,
Recent
cases
include
the
following:
following:
the
Recent casesinclude
The Shah
Shah of
of Iran
The Shah
Shah of
of Iran who once
once organized
organized an
an internainternaof
tional ceremony
ceremony to commemorate
commemorate the
the passing
passing of
tional
"Persian
state"!
2500
years
since
the
of
"Persian
state"!
of
the
birth
the
years
since
2500
when the
the end
end came
came it was
was heavy.
heavy. He was
was
But when
"chased"
out of his country
country by a massive
massive public
public
"chased"out
of his life "wandering"
"wandering"
revolt
the rest
rest of
spent the
and spent
revolt and
from
another until he
he eventually
eventually
country to another
one country
from one
of a
result
a
as
died
a
miserable
death
in
Egypt
as
result
Egypt
death
died a miserable
chronic
cancer.
chroniccancer.
Ferdinand
Marcos
FerdinandMarcos
"owned" the
the
yearsliterally
literally "owned"
The
20 years
who for
for 20
man who
Theman
"family
were aa "family
Philippines
as if it were
ruled it as
and ruled
Philippines and
was
He was
end. He
terrible end.
enterprise",
to aa terrible
came to
enterprise", came
and
massesand
themasses
by the
"thrown"
"thrown"out
his country
countryby
of his
out of
various
in
exile
spent
several
years
thereafter
in
exile
in
various
thereafter
years
spent several
being
fear of
of being
for fear
securityfor
"hide-outs"
"hide-orrts"under
tight security
undertight
murdered.
murdered.
self-proclaimed
the self-proclaimed
Jean
Bokassa, the
Bedel Bokassa,
Jean Bedel
Atiica.
CentralAfrica.
"Emperor"of
of Central
"Emperor"
Republicof
of the
theRepublic
his
coronation
for his coronation
who spent
spentfor
Here
man who
was aa man
Herewas
national
gross national
total gross
more
country'stotal
his country's
than his
more than

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33
product.
He was
waslater
later toppled
product. He
toppledby
his countrymen
by his
countrymen
and at
presenthe
at present
he is
is serving
servingaa life-imprisonment
and
life-imprisonment
sentence.
sentence.
NicolaeCeausescu
Ceausescu
Nicolae
The
"puregold"
man dwelt
palacebuilt
dweltin
in aa palace
The man
built in
in "pure
gold" for
for
period of more
"owner" of
more than
than20
20 years
yearsas
aa period
asthe
the "owner"
Romania! To
To suppress
suppressaa public
public revolt
Romania!
revolt he
he used
used
tanks and
and artillery
artillery so
so that
tanks
that by the
the end
end of the
the
revolution 64,000
people were
64,000 people
revolution
were reported
reportedto
to have
have
beenkilled in the
the cities.
cities.He
He was
been
was later
later caught
caughtwhile
while
trying to
to escape
escapeout
out of his
trying
his country
country and
and was
was
"slaughtered"before
"slaughtered"
beforethe
the eyes
public!
eyesof the
thepublic!
Rajiv Gandhi
Gandhi
Rajiv
He
was
assassinated
public and
He was assassinated
in public
andclosed
closedthe
the chapchapter
an unpopular
dynasty.
unpopular dynasty.
ter of an
The
The list is
is inexhaustive.
inexhaustive. It is
is a wonder.
wonder, however.
however,
how
common - but
but the
the
how all evil men
men have
have much
much in common
sure
end
of
all
is
evil
evil!
sure end of
is

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5+
(3) EDUCATIONAL
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
AND HONORARY DEGREES)
DEGREES)
(ACADEMIC AND

Then, where
where is happiness?
happiness? Is it in obtaining
obtaining the
the
Then,
highest level
level of
of education
education and
and in earning
earning doctorate
doctorate
highest
degrees?
degrees?
true that
that Islam
Islam not only encourages
encourages but also
also
It is true
requires man
man to seek
seek knowledge
knowledge and
and live in the
the
requires
life
based
way
learning. Islam
Islam is
is a way of
based on
light of learning.
are
knowledge and
Prophets are
superstition.Prophets
on superstition.
and not on
knowledge
first
the
of
divine
knowledge,
and
the
first
dithe
sources
and
knowledge,
the sources divine
(peace
be
Muhammad(peace be
vine
ProphetMuhammad
to Prophet
revelationto
vine revelation
meaning
word "IQRA" meaning
upon
the word
with the
beginswith
him) begins
uponhim)
be
"READ". In that
Allah,(Glorybe
"READ".
revelation,Allah,(Glory
that same
samerevelation,
(Allah) taught
man
taughtman
He (Allah)
to
that He
mankindthat
tells mankind
to Him) tells
"what he
not
he did
did not
"with the
man "what
pen" and
taughtman
and taught
the pen"
know".
know".
need
on the
theneed
in Islam
Islam on
Much
placed in
is placed
Much emphasis
emphasisis
Holy
in
the
for
excellent
learning,
that
in
the
Holy
that
for excellent learning,
teaches
Him, teaches
Qur'an,
be to
to Him,
Glory be
Allah, Glory
Qur'an, Allah,
mankind
supplications:
following supplications:
mankindthe
thefollowing
in knowlme in
knowl".....andsay
".....and
advanceme
Lord, advance
my Lord,
say0O my
edge".
( Q u r ' a n22:114)
2, 2:l l 4 )
e d g e ".(Qur'an,
Allah tells
tells
In
another
verse
holy Qur'an,
the holy
of the
In anotherverseof
Qur'an,Allah
mankind:
mankind:
servants
His servants
".....those
Allah among
amongHis
".....thosetruly
fearAllah
truly fear
(Qur'an,
who
(Qur'an, 35:28)
35:28)
knowledge."
whohave
haveknowledge."

35
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Yet, in
in another
another verse
verseof
Yet,
of the
the Holy
Holy Qur'an,
Allah
Qur'an,Allah
questions
mankind:
questions mankind:
".....arethey
theyequal,
equal,those
thosewho
".....are
who know
know and
andthose
those
who do
(Qur'an,39:9)
know?(Qur'an,
do not
not know?
who
39:9)
(peacebe
ProphetMuhammad
Muhammad(peace
Prophet
be upon
him) also
uponhim)
left
alsoleft
behind many
many authentic
authenticsayings
behind
sayingsand
andteachings
teachingsin
in
this
regard
this regard emphasizing
emphasizingthe
importance and
the importance
and
superiorityof knowledge.In
knowledge.Inone
superiority
oneof these
thesesayings,
sayings,
(peacebe
the Prophet
Prophet(peace
the
uponhim)
be upon
him) said
saidthat
that seeking
seeking
knowledge
is every
everyMuslim's
knowledge is
Muslim'sduty.
duty.
Suchis
is the
Such
the concept
concept of Islam
Islam with
with regard
regard
to learning
leaming that
that it leaves
leaves wide
to
wide open
openall
fields
all fields
thought before
beforethe
the human
human intellect
of thought
intellectto
penetrate
to penetrate
far as
asfar
as it could
could reach.
reach. It frees,
as
frees,and
and lays
lays down
down no
no
restrictionsagainst,
against,the
the free-thinker
restrictions
free-thinkerwho
who seeks
seeks
knowledgeto
to widen
widen his
his vision
knowledge
vision and
and broaden
broadenhis
his
mind.
mind. However,
However, such
intellectual development
is
suchintellectual
development
is
not
and could
could not
not and
not be
be pursued
pursued as
as an
an absolute
absoluteobjecobjective
itself. It could
tive in itself.
not be
be independent
independent but
but
could not
would
would remain
remain throughout
throughout on
on the
the plane
plane of faith
faith
with the
the moral
moral values
values based
based on
on the
the true
true religion
religion of
Allah,
Allah, that
that is
is Islam.
Islam.
It is
is only
only by doing
doing so
so that
that a person's
person's intellect
intellect
gets
gets a compiete
complete "nourishment"
"nourishment" and
and his
his intellectual
intellectual
life becomes
becomes enriched
enriched so
so as
as to be
be constructive
constructive
an<i
and useful.
useful. It
It is only by such
such integration
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intellectual and
and the
the spiritual
spiritual values
values that
that the
the
intellectual
person's internal
internal nature
nature becomes
becomes sound,
sound, healthy
healthy
person's
and happy.
happy. However,
However, ifif knowledge
knowledge and
and scientific
scientific
and
research are
are taken
taken as
as an
an end
end in themselves
themselves at the
the
research
cost of faith,
faith, moral
moral and
and spiritual
spiritual values,
values, then
then even
even
cost
the most
most learned
learned man
man would
would "unhappily"
"unhappily" be
be
the
regressed to "the
"the lowest
lowest of
of the
the low" despite
despite any
any
regressed
and. honours
honours
qualifications, degrees,
degrees, credentials
credentials and
qualifications,
he may
may have
have possessed.
possessed. While
While advancement
advancement in
lie
work well
may
knowledge
and
science
alone
may
alone
knowledge and science
when it comes
comes to the
the treatment
treatment of matter,
matter,
when
yet,
conclusive.
takenas
asconclusive.
not be
be taken
yet, it could
could not
press
across press
Very
comes across
one comes
frequently one
Very frequently
reports
following :
the following:
reportssuch
suchas
as the
jailed after
he
after he
"A college
was jailed
PROFESSORwas
collegePROFESSOR
holding
and
womanand holding
was
kidnappingaa woman
was accused
accusedof kidnapping
pleasfor his
his pleasher
weeks for
two weeks
closet for two
her in aa closet
prison
year
99
10
to
ure
.....the
charge
carries
a
10
to
99
year
prison
a
ure.....thechargecarries
sentence
he admitted
"
thecharge
charge...."
to the
admittedto
sentence......he
for
fired for
"A Standard
LECTURER fired
University LECTURER
StandardUniversity
will
he
yet
he
that
carrying
saidthat he
on campus,
campus,yet he said
drugson
carryingdrugs
his
not change
changehis
fight
would not
but would
dismissal but
fight his
his dismissal
"that
do
long
as
as
ways.
He
added;
"that
is
my
right
as
long
as
I
do
is
my
right
ways.He added;
not
else...."
hurt anybody
nothurt
anybodyelse...."
and
"A male
LAWYER and
"A
top
WashingtonLAWYER
top Washington
male
land-mark
potentialland-mark
his
filed aa potential
loverfiled
hisbusinessman
businessmanlover
first
the first
lawsuit,
trying
to
to become
become the
trying
lawsuit,

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homosexualsto
get married
to get
homosexuals
marriedlegally
legally in
in the
the United
United
States...."
States...."
"StanfordMedical
MedicalSchool
"Stanford
SchoolPresident
Presidenthas
hasbrought
brought
disciplinary
disciplinary charges
chargesof sexual
sexualhar-rassment
har-rassment and
and
professional
misconductagainst
professional
misconduct
againstaa male
malecardiology
cardiology
PROFESSOR.The
The charges
PROFESSOR.
charges are
are based
based on
on comcomplaints
femalemedical
two female
plaints of two
medicalstudents
studentsthere...."
there...."
"Two DOCTORS
DOCTORSwere
"Two
werefined
fined and
givenprison
prison
and given
sentencesyesterday
yesterdayfor performing
performingaa
sentences
sex-change operation
patient.....He
(the
sex-change
...He (the
operation on
on aa patient..
sex-change
victim) filed
sex-change victim)
filed aa complaint
complaint in 1984
1984
asserting that
that the
asserting
the operation
had not
operation had
not been
been
successfuland
and that
that he
was in constant
successful
he was
pain. Four
constantpain.
Four
yearslater
laterhe
he committed
years
"
committedsuicide
suicide......"
DOCTOR cries
A WOMAN DOCTOR
cries out
out saying:
saying:
"Take away
away my certificate
"Take
give
me
certificate and
give
me aa husand
husband""Let
Let us
us read
readwhat
poor woman
band".
what that
that poor
womandoctor
doctor
"Every morning
writes in her
her own
writes
words:
"Every
morning at
own words:
at
7:00 o'clock,
o'clock, I shed
shed tears
7:00
tears behind
behind the
the chauffeur
chauffeur
who
who drived
drived me
me in my car
to my medical
medical clinic
car to
clinic
'prison
"Every
'prison cell'
'grave'."She goes
goes on
on saying:
"Every
cell' or
or'grave'."She
saying:
time
time I reached
reached my destination,
destination, I found
women
found women
and
and children
children waiting
waiting for me.
me. They
They looked
looked at
at me
me
with admiration
admiration and
and regarded
regarded my white
white coat
coat as
as if
if
it were
were a luxurious
luxurious kind of clothes
clothes made
made of Persian
Persian
silk,
silk, yet
yet it was
was to
to my view
view -- the'moumer's
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clothes'.
every time
time I reached
reached my clinic,
clinic, I
clothes'.And every
fixed the
the stethoscope,
stethoscope, as
as if
if it were
were a hangman's
hangman's
fixed
rope tied around
around my neck.
neck.
rope
am in my thirties
thirties and
and I am
am very
very pessimistic
pessimistic
Now, I am
about the
the future."
future." Then,
Then, she
she cries
cries out!
out! "Take
"Take away
away
about
let
money and
me
and let me
coatsand
andmy money
my certificate,
certificate,my coats
lines
hear the
the word MUM".
MUM". Then
Then she
writes a few lines
shewrites
hear
"People would
describing
her inner
inner feelings:
would call
call
feelings: "People
describingher
me a doctor,
what benefit
benefit do
get from hearheardo I get
me
doctor, but what
me
ing
people who
who considered
consideredme
it? So,
those people
ing it?
So, tell those
pitied.
as
a
good
example,
that
now
I
am
to
be
pitied.
to
be
good
now
am
example,that
as a
All
is to have
havemy own
own child
child to
want and
and hope
hopefor is
All I want
ail my
buy it with all
hug
But, can
can I buy
hug and
and caress.
caress. But,
Money?"
Money?"
doctor.
Just
the woman
womandoctor.
happensto
to the
look at
what happens
at what
Just look
and
How
she
describes
her
everyday
agony
and
agony
her
everyday
How she describes
prisoncell
cell
how
her medical
medicalas
as aa prison
how she
she thinks
thinks of her
profesher profesand
grave. In
doesshe
sheenjoy
enjoy her
ln short,
short,does
and aa grave.
and
sion?
get any
level of satisfaction
satisfactionand
any level
Does she
sion? Does
sheget
is left
to the
The answer
left to
the
contentment
life? The
answer is
contentmentin life?
..
reader.
reader...
(4) HAPPINESS
(4)
HAPPINESSIN FAME
fameis
is
whichfame
There
with which
There are
are two
two activities
activitieswith
usually
usuallyassociated:
associated:
** Sporting
Sporting
Actine
** Acting

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"famous"men
How much
much happiness
happinessdo
do the
How
the "famous"
men and
and
women in activities
women
activitiesenjoy?
Let us
enjoy? Let
take aa brief
us take
brief
look at
at each
eachof these
look
thesetwo
two activities
activitiesin tum.
turn.
Sporting
Sporting
is gratifying
gratifying to
note that
It is
to note
that most
mosr of the
the
Islamic
forms of worship,
prayers,fasting
worship, e.g.
Islamic forms
e.g.prayers,
fasting
pilgrimage,display
andpilgrimage,
and
displaysome
somesporting
sportingcharacterischaracteristics, although
althoughthey
tics,
they are
arebasically
basicallyby
by nature
nature meant
meant
purposes.But
spiritual purposes.
But who
for spiritual
who would
would deny
deny the
the
constantinteraction
interaction between
constant
physiqueand
betweenthe
the physique
and
moraleof man?
man? Yet,
Yet, that
morale
is not
that is
not all
all that
that Islam
Islam has
has
to say
say on
on the
the subject
physical
to
subject of sports
sports and
and physical
exercises. Any sporting
exercises.
sportingactivity
promotes
activity that
that promotes
sound thinking
sound
thinking or refreshes
refreshesthe
mind and
the mind
and revitalrevitalizes the
the body
body to
izes
to keep
keep man
man in healthy
healthyshape
is
shapeis
encouraged
general
by Islam.
general
Islamic
precept
Islam.The
encouraged
The
Islamicprecept
this matter
matter is
which
is the
the statement
in this
statementin
which the
the
Prophet
Prophet
(peacebe
(peace
be upon
upon him)
him) says:
says:
"The strong
is better
better than
than the
the weak
weak
strongbeliever
"The
believer is
(Reportedby Imam
one." (Reported
one."
Imam Ahmad,
Ahmad, Muslim
Muslim and
and
Ibn Majah
Majah on the
the authority
authority of Abu Huraira)
Huraira)
Physicai
Physical exercises
exercises and
and sporting
sporting activities
activities are
are valuvaluable things
things in themseh,es,
themselves, but
but
they should
should
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they

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only
be taken
taken for what
what they
they are
worth,i.e., to prepreare worth,i.e.,
only be
pare
our
minds
and
bodies
for
the
more
serious
more
pare
the
serious
minds and bodies
an
matters of life. They
They should
be taken
taken as
as an
shouldnot be
matters
end
themselves or be
be allowed
away
allowed to deflect
deflect away
end in themselves
visions to
to appreciate
the
our minds
minds or blur our visions
appreciatethe
our
more
inner lives.
lives .
requirementsof our
our inner
more serious
seriousrequirements
"religion"
Sporting
sort of aa "religion"
has almost
almostbecome
becomeaa sort
Sportinghas
in
their
blood"l
for
"it
runs
for sportsmen,
runs
their
blood"!
sportsmen,
exTherefore,
to such
such an
an exif sports
are carried
carried to
Therefore, if
spofrs are
of
treme,
one
could
not
fail
to
realize
the
kind
to realize the
treme. one could
lead
"suffering" to
"suffering"
men and
and women
women lead
to which such
such men
their
lives.Thus:
Thus:
theirlives.
*The internal
pressures to
*The
feelings and
to win
internal feelings
and pressures
game- and
over,
particulargame
any
and at
at times
times at
at any
over, say,
say,aa particular
prohibited
cost,
even
that
may
mean
taking
prohibited
drugs.
mean
drugs.
may
taking
cost,eventhat
"big blow"
game;the
the
** The
losing aa game;
The "big
upon losing
blow" upon
despair,
the
the
the agony,
agony, the
the embarrassment,
embarrassment,
despair, the
"fans".
shame
from the
ridiculefrom
the "fans".
shameand
andthe
the ridicule
quitting from
** The
from the
the team
team
The loss
loss of job, quitting
game
fired!
after
losing
a
game
or,
worse,
being
fired!
worse,
losing
or,
being
after
a
question
Therefore,
question
Therefore, we
we need
need to
to ask
ask the
the
physical
whether
whetheror
not aa life
life exposed
such physical
or not
exposed to
to such
danger,
is aa happy
happy
danger,ordeal
ordeal and
shortcomingsis
and shortcomings
is
left
to
you,the
reader..
..
!
one?
The answer
left
reader....!
one?TIle
is
to
answer
vou.the

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The sports
The
sportsmedia
media is
is full of stories
suchas
as the
storiessuch
the following:
lowing:
"Sports activities
proved dangerous
"Sports
activities proved
dangerouswith
basketball
basketball injuries
injuriesalone
aloneaccounting
accountingfor more
more than
than
year,
640,000
hospital
visits
last
year,
new
U.S.
safenew U.S. safe640,000hospital visits last
ty figures
figuresshow...."
show...."
"Three football
football playing
playing veterans
"Three
veterans died
died of heart
heart
goldenoldies...."
attacks
attacksduring
during an
an international
intemationalgolden
oldies...."
"Liverpool'sMcmahon
"Liverpool's
Mcmahonbroke
his leg
leg in aa tackle
brokehis
tackle
yesterday..."
during
F.A.
cup
clash
yesterday..."
duringthe
F.A.
the
cup clash
"Cubanrunning
"Cuban
runningstar,
star,Ana
Ana Quirot,
saysshe
plans
sheplans
Quirot,says
to quit from sports
sports after
1992Barcelona
after the
the 1992
Barcelona
Olympics
Olympics because
because she
she wants
wants to
to become
become aa
mother.....I've
.1
mother.
....I've been
beenrunning
runningfor
for 15
yearsand....
15 years
and.....I
want
"
wantto
to be
mothernow
now......"
be aa mother
"Canadian sprinter,
"Canadian
sprinter,Ben
Ben Johnson,
Johnson,was
was stripped
stripped
of the
title
the Olympic
Olympic 100-meter
1OO-meter
title and
andworld
world record
record
in
in Seoul
.... "
positivefor Steroid
Seoulafter
aftertesting
testingpositive
drugs...."
Steroiddrugs
"U.S. shot-putter,
"U.S.
shot-putter,Jim
Doehring,ranked
rankedthird
Jim Doehring,
third
years
in the
in
world, has
hasbeen
for two
the world,
beensuspended
suspendedfor
two years
from
.... "
from the
field after
failing aa drug
the field
afterfailing
drugtest..
test......"
There
There are
which we
we
are other
other stories
to these
storiessimilar
similar to
thesewhich
could
reproducehere
could reproduce
herein support
supportof our
our argument,
argument,
let us
have aa
but
but for the
us have
the sake
sakeof time
time and
and space
spacelet
just
look
look at
withoutwhich
which I could
could
at just one
onemore
morecase
casewithout
discussing
not
justice to
not have
have done
subject discussing
done justice
to aa subject

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was the
men,
men,sports,
fame and
happiness.This
This was
the
sports,fame
andhappiness.
For aa time
his name
story
story of Diego
Diego Maradona!
Maradona! For
time his
name
was
waseverywhere;
literally on
everywhere;in all
media and
and literally
on all
all
all media
productsand
comcom-mercial
mercialproducts
andadvertisements.
advertisements.
"pride".His
"wealth" and
Football
Football earned
eamed him "wealth"
and "pride".His
luxury
luxury cars
were estimated
to the
tune of $1
carswere
estimatedto
the tune
$1 million,
includingaa Ferrari
worth $323,000
lion, including
Ferrari F-40
F-40 wor.th
$323,000
besides
Roycesand
the BMW's.
BMW's.
besidesthe
the Rolls
Rolls Royces
andthe

He
He was
was in all
more! But hardly
all that
thatand
andeven
evenmore!
hardly did
did
"fame","wealth"
he
he complete
years in
in that
complete 4 years
that "fame" ,"wealth"
"prominence"when
readaa
and
and "prominence"
when the
had to
the world
world had
to read
muchmore
He
much
more different
kind of story
storyabout
abouthim!
him! He
differentkind
used
used cocaine
leaguematch!
match! What
cocainefor an
Italian league
What
an Italian
were
He
were the
was wanted
wantedin Italian
Italian
the consequences?
He was
consequences?
"cocainepossession":
possession":
courts
courtsfor
for aa related
relatedcase
caseof "cocaine
and
and aa few
few weeks
weeks after
after returning
returning to
to his
his native
native
homeland
homeland of Argentina,
he was
was arrested
Argentina, he
arrestedfor
round of cocaine
possession
and
another
another round
for
cocaine possession
and for
supplying
supplying the
free to
to others
his
the drug
drug free
others and
and his
put to
treasure,
including the
luxury cars,
were put
treasure,including
cars, were
to
the luxury
auction!
auction! What
What else?
Blame,ridicule,
ridicule,shame,
shame,diselse?Blame,
dispeople of all
appointment
appointrnentand
and resentment
resentmentfrom
from people
all
"loyal fans"
walks,
walks, but largely,
frorn his
his "loyal
largely, from
fans" and
and
particulariy so,
in Italy
whoseanger
particularly
so, those
Italy whose
thosein
angerand
and
dismay
dismay was
was loud
loud enough.
enough.In one
one newspaper
newspaper
report which
public opinion
poll,
report
which according
accordingto
to aa public
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Maradona
Maradonawas
mosthated
hatedman
man and
and
was voted
votedItaly's
Italy'smost
similarly
headlinewent
went
similarly in another
report,aa banner
bannerheadline
anotl-lerreport,
"Italianshate
as
follows: "Italians
hateMaradona"
Maradona"claiming
that
as follows:
claimingthat
young people.
people.Did
he
he sets
setsaa bad
bad example
examplefor the
the young
from
Diego
Diego Maradona
real happiness
happinessfrom
Maradonaachieve
achieveany
any real
"profession"?
quesThe
his
The answer
his foofa11
foofall "profession"?
answer to
to this
this quesgiven by none
noneother
tion
other
tion could,
could,of course,
course.best
bestbe
be given
"career"
than
himself and
During his
than himself
and he
he did
so. During
his "career"
did so.
"Socceris
days
he frequently
frequentlyused
is in my
days he
used to
to say
say "Soccer
(Argentina) to
get
blood
want kids
kids there
there (Argentina)
to get
blood and
and I want
months
Soccer
However,months
Soccerrunning
runningin their
their blood".
blood". However,
after
after his
his debacle
he had
had some
some different
confesdebacle he
different confesworid which
follows:
sions
which went
went as
asfollows:
sions to
to the
the world
play soccer
professionallyagain.
"I will not
not play
soccerprofessionally
again.It
is
Argentine
irrevocabiedecision...the
Argentinenational
national
is an
an irrevocable
decision...the
team
is also
me. I want
want to
to
teamis
alsoaa closed
chapterfor me.
ciosed chapter
pressureand
the disquit because
quit
the pressure
andthe
disbecauseI am
am sick
sick of the
.! am
cipline...
everything
am not
not blaming
soccerbut
but everything
cipline....I
blaming soccer
that
having
soccerand
and I am
am scared
scaredof having
that sorrounds
sorroundssoccer
hiding
... .! am
to
that kind
kind....I
not hiding
to face
face aa situation
am not
situationof that
....there is
my problems
is something
problems with drugs
something
drugs."..there
deeper
having taken
here than
than simply
simply having
taken cocodeeper here
'don't
.!
find
I
don't
ENJOY
myself
anymore...."
caine...
ENJOYrnyselfanymore...."
caine....I
find
joy, but
He
mention of jov,
but do
do these
theseconfessions
confessions
He made
mademention
joy?
If so,
joy? If
portray
portray him
havingexperienced
experienced
so,
him as
as having
in this
this
then,
discussionin
is the
subjectof our
our discussion
then,that
that is
the subject
"illusory",
treatise
rvhatwe
we are
calling "illusory",
andthat
thatis
is what
Arecalling
treatiseand

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"artificial" or "fake" joy as
as opposed
opposed to any
any
"lasting" happiness
"abiding","real"
"abiding",
happiness which
which
"real" and
and "lasting"
"devotion"to
could
be earned
to soccer
eamedby "devotion"
soccer
be
could not
is by the
the understanding
understanding
or otherwise.
Rather, it is
otherwise.Rather,
of the
the purpose
purpose of life as
prescribed by Allah for
as prescribed
pursuitof our
us
our
ideal basis
basis in pursuit
us to
to make
make it the
the ideal
inculcation
objectives
in
this
world
which
is
the
inculcation
is
world
which
objectives this
and
nourishment that
internal nourishment
that
and development
development of internal
would
spiritual,
infuse together
togetherthe
the spiritual,
would embody
embody and
and infuse
moral
required of man.
man. Allah
virtues.required
moral and
and other
other virtues,
(Glory be
(Glory
said:
be to
to Him) said:
"Leave alone
"Leave
thosewho
who take
take their
way of life to
to
alonethose
their way
be
play and
amusementand
and are
are deceived
deceivedby
mere play
and amusement
be mere
(to them)
proclaim (to
the
world. But proclaim
this world.
them)
the life of this
(truth):
this
(truth):
that
every
soul
delivers
itself
to
ruin
soul
itself
ruin
that
every
delivers
to
this
protector
by its
find for
for itself
itself no
no protector
its own
own acts:
acts: it will find
(Qur'an,6:70)
or
except
Allah." (Qur'an,6:70)
exceptAllah."
intercessor
or intercessor
Acting
Acting
persons
Here
refer to
specifically refer
to those
those persons
Here we
we specifically
directly
the field
field of entertainment
entefiainment
engagedin the
directly engaged
namely,
dancsingers,dancnamely, film and
and stage
stage actors,
actors,singers,
of
entertainment
a
source
of
ers,
etc.
Is
the
world
a
source
entertainment
ers,etc. Is the
true
happiness?
truehappiness?
how
Far
is surprising
Far from
surprisinghow
from the
conunon man,
man, it is
the common
fun. The
The
many
peoplestill equate
happinesswith fun.
many people
equatehappiness
fun and
truth
however.is
is that
that fun
and
matter. however,
truth of the
the matter,

45
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have little
happiness
or nothing
happinesshave
little
nothing in common.
common.
The
The correct
logical conclusion
would be
correctand
and logical
conclusionwould
be that
that
what we
fun
fun is
is what
we experience
experienceduring
during an
while
an act,
act, while
happiness
happinessis
is what
what we
we experience
experienceafter
after an
act. It
an act.
is
is aa deeper,
deeper,more
more enduring,
enduring,more
more meaningful
meaningful and
and
more
more abiding
abiding emotion.
emotion. Going
Going to
to an
an amusement
amusement
park or to
game,watching
park
watchingaa movie
movie or televito aa ball game,
televi"may" help
sion
help someone
arefun
fun activities
that "may"
someoneto
to
sionare
activities that
probhis
relax.
may temporarily
forget his probrelax. One
One may
temporarily forget
lems
laugh. But these
lems and
and even
evenmay
may laugh.
theseare
arethings
things
which
which do
not and
not definitely
bring any
do not
andcould
definitely bring
any
could not
person because
posireal
real happiness
happinessto
to the
the person
becausetheir
their positive
last only
long as
fun
effects usually
only as
as long
as the
the fun
tive effects
usually last
lasts.
lasts.
is
A much
much deeper
into the
matter is
deeper analysis
analysis into
the matter
achieved
when we
look into
fun and
we envisage
envisageand
and look
into fun
and
achievedwhen
entertainment
not help
help the
around us.
us. I could
could not
the
entertainmentaround
thought
that
if
these
movie,
TV,
music
and
theamusic
theaif
these
movie,
and
thought that
"stars"had
tre
it is
is that
that
had anything
anything to
to demonstrate,
demonstrate,
tre "stars"
happiness
happinesshas
to do
with fun.
fun. It is
is aa fact
fact
hasnothing
nothing to
do with
to
that
these individuals
individuals have
have constant
constantaccess
accessto
that these
glamorousparties,
parties,fancy
fancy cars,
cars,
abundant
wealth, glamorous
abundantwealth,
"seemsto
expensive
to
homesand
that "seems
expensivehomes
and everything
everything that
spell
memoir
happiness".However,
However,memoir
memoir after
after memoir
spell happiness".
is exposed
with
information is
exposedabout
aboutthese
these
with so
so much
much information
"celebrities"
"celebrities" unveiling
hiddenbeneath
unveilingthe
the sorrow
sorrowhidden
beneath

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all
alcoholism,
fun e.g.,
all their
their fun
e.g., depression,
depression,
drug
alcoholism,drug
addiction,
addiction, children
children out
out of wedlock,
wedlock, broken
broken
marriages, troubled
marriages,
troubled children,
relations,
children, illicit relations,
loneliness,mental
loneliness,
mental anguish,
ignominy,etc.
etc. Could
anguish,ignominy,
Could
there
therebe
way to deny
Hardly does
does
be aa way
deny all these
thesefacts?
facts?Hardly
passby without
aa day
day pass
without coming
stories
comingacross
acrosssome
somestories
in the
media such
themedia
suchas
the following:
following:
asthe
"ElizabethTaylor,
"Elizabeth
Taylor, who
who was
was once
consideredto
to
onceconsidered
be
legendsof film makers
makersand
and film
be one
one of the
the legends
got married
viewers,
viewers,again
again at
ageof 59
59 got
married for
at the
the age
the
Fortensky,39
yearsold,
the seventh
seventhtime
time to Larry Fortensky,
39 years
old,
aa construction
worker.She
constructionworker.
Shesaid
said after
afterthe
the marriage
marriage
'I
life'. Like most
ceremony
is for life'.
most
ceremony 'I hope
hope this
this is
celebrities,
is apparently
looking for
celebrities,she
apparently still
still looking
she is
provide for
happiness
happinesswhich
which her
her fame
fame failed
failed to
to provide
peak
her
her during
during the
the peak of her
her career.
career. But
But now
now she
she
"fame" which
wants
wantsto
which deprived
to evade
evadeher
her "fame"
deprivedher
her of
'I've
happiness.She
true
true happiness.
doneeverything
Sheadded:
added:'I've done
everythingI
giveme
can
canto
to give
me up'....
up'....
"A pathologist
pathologistwho
perfomr the
who helped
helped perform
the autopsy
autopsy
'n' roll
on
on Elvis
Elvis Presly
Preslysays
king of rock
rock 'n'
roli died
saysthe
the king
died
of
....'it
DR U G S and
n o t heart
h e a rtdisease
o f DRUGS
a n d not
d i se a se
....'was
r it
vasaa
deadly
deadlymix of drugs
killedhim...."
him...."
drugsthat
thatkilled
'I'll keeoon
"Twice-divorcedDyan
"Twice-divorced
Dvan Cannon
Cannonsays:
savs:'I'll keep
on

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tryingmarriage
marriageuntil
until II get
getitit right'.
trying
right'.
The54-year-old
54-year-oldactress
actresssaid
The
saidin
in the
theMarch
March10
10issue
issue
of Parade
Parade magazine
magazine that
of
divorce
that her
her first
first divorce
from the
late,Cary
thelate,
CaryGrant,
Grant,was
wasnot
from
"
notamicable...
amicable...,'
legend,James
JamesBrown,
Brown,was
"Soul
was granted
grantedparole,
parole,
_!oyt legend,
Wednesday,after
afterbeing
being imprisoned
Wednesday,
imprisonedfor
for more
more
thantwo
yearsfor
two years
for assault
assaultand
than
use...."
anddrug
drug use...."
"Screensiren,
siren,Kim Basinger,
Basinger,says
"Screen
saysshe
shecan
canbe
be wild
wild
without
drugs
and
without drugs and alcohol.
alcohol.The
The 37
yearsold
37 years
old
actressadmits
admits in the
the February
actress
February issue
issue of CosmoCosmoyork that
politan magazine
magazinein New Yark
politan
that she's
she'sdone
done aa
lot of wild things,
things,including
including drugs
plenty of
drugs and
and plenty
'When
partying.
carneto
partying. 'When I came
to Los
Los Angeles,
Angeles, I said
said I
want
want to take
take every
every thing;
thing; I want
want to try it
all'...(Basinger)
all'...(Basinger) said
said she
she would
would like to marry
marry
again..
again.. She
She was
was married
married for eight
eight years
years to makemakeup artist
Ron
Briton.
artist Ron Briton. They
They were
were divorced
divorced in 1989."
1989."
"TV
"TV comedian,
comedian, Jamie
Jamie Lee
Lee Curtis,
Curtis, says
says she
she doesn't
doesn't
like the
of personal
personal demand
demand placed
placed on
the kind of
some
some women
women actresses
actresses in the
the acting
acting career.
career.
Many
of
them have
have no
no children.
children. II wouldn't
wouldn't
Many of them
want
of demands
demands piaced
placed on
on my
my life...."
life...."
want those
those kinds
kinds of
"Cheyenne
"Cheyenne Brando,
Brando, the
the 20-year
20-year old
old daughter
daughter of
of

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actor Marlon
Marlon brando
brando arrived
arrived in
in Paris
Paris on
on Tuesday
Tuesday
actor
attesuicide
two
for
mental
treatment
following
two
suicide
attefollowing
for mental treatment
killing
of
mpts last
last year
year after
after the
the highly
highly publicized
publicized killing of
mpts
her father...."
father.. .."

"Actor-singer, Larry Kert,

Kert, died
died Wednesday
Wednesday night
night
"Actor-singer,
of AIDS...."
AIDS...."

"Pop singer,
singer, Billy
Billy Preston,
Preston, was
was arrested
arrested at
at his
his
"Pop
old
boy
16-year
a
home Sunday
Sunday after
after 16-year
Malibu home
assaulted
sexuallyassaulted
complained
been sexually
had been
he had
that he
complained that
by the
singer...."
the singer...."
ramis the
the life ramthat is
The
and that
inexhaustibleand
is inexhaustible
The list is
industry. Do
fun industry.
pant
and fun
entertainmentand
pant in the
the entertainment
men
lives of men
portray
these
cases,
therefore,
portray
the
lives
the
these cases,therefore,
realhappiness?
happiness?
and
sortof real
any sort
enjoying any
womenenjoying
andwomen
NEVER!
INDEED.
NEVER! INDEED.
more
next,more
thenext,
thatthe
Yet,
believethat
to believe
peoplecontinue
continueto
Yet, people
more
car'
glamorous
party,
more
expensive
car,
more
expensive
party,
more
glamorous
do
would
home would do
luxurious
fancier home
vacation, fancier
luxurious vacation,
and
vacationsand
cars, vacations
what
parties,cars,
the other
other parties,
all the
what all
people
way
do.The
homes
have
not
been
able
to
do.The
way
people
to
homeshave not been able
pain-free
fun-filled, pain-free
are
that aa fun-filled,
believethat
to believe
inclined to
areinclined
diactually
happiness
and
care-free
life
is
equal
to
happiness
actually
dito
is
equal
life
and care-free
true
attaining true
minishes
ever attaining
of ever
chancesof
their chances
minishestheir
happiness.
happiness.

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While discussing
discussing fun
fun and
While
aa
and entertainment,
entertainment,
subject
matterwhich,
which,we
we feel,
feel,must
subject matter
mustnot
gounmennot go
unmentioned isis the
productwhich
theproduct
which these
tioned
thesemen
menand
andwomen
women
of stage
stageand
and screen
screenhave
"fans"
of
for
their
"fans"
and
have for their
and
"viewers"
the substance,
substance,
"viewers" the
the
quality,the
the quality,
the values
values
andthe
the effects
effectson
popularculture
on popular
and
cultureand
andstandards.
standards.
And
in
this regard,
regard,we
we have
And in this
have reproduced,
reproduced,herebeherebelow, some
someexcerpts
excerptsfrom
from two
low,
two thought-provoking
thought-provoking
publicationi
articlesfrom
from some
internationalU.S.
someinternational
articles
U.S. Publications
discusssing
differentaspects
discusssing different
aspectsof the
problem.
the problem.
The writers
writers of the
the reports
reportswere,
The
were,of course,
course,discussdiscussing
the
extent
and seriousness
seriousness
ing the extent and
of the
the matter
matterwith
with
referenceto and
and in the
reference
the context
contextof the
the U.S.,
U.S.. but
but the
the
problemis
global and
is global
and all over.
problem
over.
ONE -- BY: Michael
ARTICLE ONE
MichdelMedved
Medved
The
value
of
self-discipline
The value
self-discipline so
so essential
essential to
to normal
normal
family
family life is
is portrayed
portrayed only rarely
rarely in the
the popular
popular
culture.
American adults
adults
culture. Nearly
Nearly two-thirds
two-thirds of all American
are
are married,
married, but movies
movies today
today focus
focus overwhelmoverwhelmingly on single
single people.
people. And ihose
those few films rhar
that
do show
show a family most
most often
often depic
depic a marriage
marriage
that
that is radically
radically dysfunctional
dysfunctional (completely
(completely abnorabnormal) with
of attempting
attempting to
with a husband
husband accused
accused of
murder
murder his wife (as
(as in Reversal
Reversal of Fortune)
Fortune) or
aa wife
wife sleeping
sleeping with
with her
her husband's
husband's female
female friend
friend
(as
& June)
June) or
or the
the married
married pair
pair killing
killing
(as in
in Henry
Henry &

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each other
other (as
(as in
in The
The War
War of
of the
the Roses).
Roses). When
When II
each
complained about
about the destructive
destructive product
product of
of the
the
complained
me
to
urged
entertainment
industry,
colleagues
urged
colleagues
industry,
entertainment
out.
stop worrying;
worrying; it's
it's a simple
simple matter
matter to tune
tune out.
stop
incident last
last spring
spring reminded
reminded me
me it was
was not so
so
An incident
outwent
on
an
I
easy to do that.
that. My
My family and
and I went
an
easy
mountain lake
lake near
near Santa
Santa
ing to a public park on a mountain
and
one
ages
Barbara,
California.
daughters,
ages
one
and
daughters,
Our
Barbara,California.
three, went
went toddling
toddling off toward
toward the
the ducks.
ducks. The
The
three,
"Duckie! Duckie!"
one-year old
old was
was saying,
saying, "Duckie!
Duckie!" one
one
one-year
the
birds
reaching
of her first words
and
reaching
out
to
the
birds
words and
looked on
and I looked
with her chubby
arrns. My wife and
chubby arms.
with
satisfaction.
with satisfaction.
carryingaa
teen-agerscarrying
But soon
group of teen-agers
soon aa group
shore.
lake shore.
"boom
the lake
at the
arrived at
"boom box"
box" arrived
was aa
machine
of
their
shiny
chrome
machine
was
Coming
out
chrome
shiny
their
Coming out
words describing
describing
rape
four-letterwords
song full of four-letter
rape song
girls had
had
Our
volume.
rape
and
feces
and
oral
volume.
Our
girls
oral
and
feces
and
rape
before.
words
never
particularwords before.
thoseparticular
heardthose
neverheard
to
startedto
andstarted
noiseand
thenoise
They
by the
frightened by
werefrightened
They were
made
and
stayed
cry.
I
suppose
we
could
have
stayed
and
made
aa
have
cry. I supposewe could
in my
my
weaponsin
scene,
assaultweapons
carry assault
don't carry
but II don't
scene, but
scene
beautifui
the
trunk.
Instead
we
abandoned
the
beautiful
scene
we
abandoned
Instead
trunk.
to
kids.
brutishkids.
thosebrutish
to those
just tune
the
out the
tune out
The
youcan't
can't just
point isis that
that you
The point
images,
the
messages:
popular
culture
today.The
messages,
the
images,
today.The
popular cuiture
that the
the
are
coincidencethat
Is itit aa coincidence
everywhere.Is
are everywhere.

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war
on standards
standardsin
in art,
war on
art,music,
music,television
televisionand
and
corresponds
with
increasingly
film
corresponds
with
increasingly
destructive
destructive
film
behaviouron
onthe
thepart
partof
of the
theyoung
youngpeople
behaviour
peoplewho
whoare
are
the
most
devoted
consumeisof
the most devoted consumers
these media?
of"these
media?Is
Is
thereno
noconnection
connectionbetween
betweenthe
there
themedia's
media'sobsession
obsession
with crime
crime and
and violence
violenceand
with
and the
the fact
fact that
that the
the
number
of kids
kids under
under19
19 who
number of
who are
arearrested
arrestedhas
has
increased
by 120
120 percent
percent since
increased
by
1963? Is
sincel963?
Is there
there
no
conneetion
betweenthe
no connection between
the sex-crazed
sex-crazedpopular
popular
culture and
and the
the fact
fact that
that out-of-wedlock
culture
out-of-wedloclibirths
births
haveincreased
increased
percentsince
350percent
have
350
since1960?
1960?
Ironically,media.moguls
moguls downplay
Ironically,media
downplay the
the sigsig_
nificance
of
their
work,
their work, insisting
that sex
insisting'that
nificance
sex and
aid
violence on
on screen
screen do
do not
violence
not encourage
encouragesex
sex and
and
violence
violence in real
real life.
life. But the
the same
same inJustry
industry then
then
turns
around
and
turns around and askes
askes advertisers
advertisers to
to pay
pay tens
tens of
thousands
thousands of dotlars
dollars for 30 seconds
seconds ofaii-time
of air-time in
the
the hope
hope that
that this
this fleeting
fleeting exposure
exposure would
would directly
directly
alter
alter the
the public's
public's buying
buying behaviour.
behaviour.
The
The war
war on
on standards
standards in
in the
the popular
popular culture
culture
would
would be
be the
the issue
issue on
on the
the 1990s.
1990s. Expanded
Expanded
censorships
to win
win it.However,
it.However, atteattecensorships is
is not
not the
the way
way to
mpts
mpts to
to move
move in
in that
that direction
direction would
would only
only prove
prove
t-o
to be
be counter-productive.
counter-productive. Boycotts
Boycotts of
of sponsors,
sponsors,
direct
protests,
direct protests, letter-writting
letter-writting campaigns
campaigns and
and

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far
are far
res are
pressures
e-sect or pressu
private-sector
forms of privat
other
other forms
tions.
regulations'
nment regula
government
new gover
than new
ive than
effective
more
more effect
r
further
nt the
the furthe
prevent
ng to preve
working
are worki
While we are
than
more than
do more
e,we should
should do
culture,we
ion of our cultur
pollut
pollution
to
ber
remember
remem
also
d
also
shoul
should
bad. We
the bad.
prot"rtt the
protes
icial
benef
beneficial
itably
indubitably
good which is indub
the good
promo
iro-ot.te the
to
us.
to us.
Grene .
Bob Grene
TWO:: - By:
CLE TWO
ARTI
ARTICLE
BY: Bob
their living
down
down in their
sat
es
sat
Millions of famili
ffiiti6s
watch aa live
st to
to watch
August
last Augu
ng last
evening
one eveni
rooms
rooms one
the
on the
sted on
e, teleca
telecasted
France,
rt from
frbm Franc
na conce
concert
Mado
Madona
(HBO)'
).
(HBO
Office
Home Box Office
rk Home
network
cable
cablenetwo
star'
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intern
intemational
huge
a
huge
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such
is
is
such
na
Mado
Madona
Since
Since
and
and
ted
promo
promoted
y
heavil
heavily
was
was
st
teleca
the telecast
and
since the
and since
of
ns
millions
millio
nd,
weekend,
on aa weeke
time on
prime time
aired
aired in prime
s. - parents'
their parent
ed with their
ly watch
watched
en certain
certainly
childr
children
MaMathat
was
was
that
s
screen
screens
those
on all those
ned on
happened
What
What happe
that
word that
ne word
obscene
one obsce
the one
used the
edly used
repeitedly
dona
dona repeat
s.
public airway
airways'
the public
from the
barredfrom
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routinely
has
beenroutin
hasbeen
simuand
simuand
bed
a
d on
on a bed
writhed
she writhe
show she
the show
Later
Later in the
comusedcomngly used
laughi
laughingly
also
She
also
n.
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rbatio
mastu
lated
latedmasturbation.
ls.
genitals.
genita
male
terTnsfor male
mon
streetterms
mon street
shows
that shows
so that
ng-goes-age, so
anything-goes-age'
an anythi
in an
We
live in
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not
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was
was
t
conten
content
r
vulgar
sely vulga
purposely
s, and
and purpo
witles
witless,

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surprising. The
Thelanguage
language
surprising.
itself
itselfwas
wasnothing
nothing that
that
hasnot
notbeen
beenheard
heardin
in movies
moviesor
has
comor on
oncable-TV
cable-TVcomedyspecials.The
specials.The
sulprisingthing
edy
surprising
thing was
was that
thatso
sofew
few
parents
calledHBO
HBO to
to object.
parents called
for
object.A
A spokesperson
spokesperson
for
thenetwork
network said
"werenot
saidthe
the complaints
the
any
complaints"were
not by
by any
stretchof
of the
the imagination
imaginationoverwhelming"
stretch
overwhelming" and
and
that the
the Madona
Madonaconcert
concert was
that
was the
the highest-rated
highest-rated
originalentertainment
entertainmentprogram
program in
original
in the
the network's
network's
history.
Apparently, America's
America's parents
history. Apparently,
parents have
have
totally given
given up
up hope
hope that
totally
that they
they could
could control
control
what their
their children
childrenare
areexposed
exposedto
what
to on
on TV.
What is
is most
most disturbing
disturbing is
What
is that
rhat products
products
appearedin America's
America'shomes
appeared
homes during
duringprime
prime time
time
on aa Sunday,
Sunday, and
and people
on
people seemed
seemedto
to think
think it was
was
no big deal.
deal.The
The television,
television,in aa way
no
way that
that now
now
seems
seems quaint,
quaint, was
was once
once considered
considered almost
almost
ground
sacred
sacred ground when
when it came
came to certain
certain material
material precisely
precisely because
because children
children were
were watching.
watching. But the
the
country
has
been
so
country has been
so beaten
beaten down
down by a
lessening
of public
public standards
standards that
that obscenities
obscenities
lessening of
could
of families
families without
without
could be
be telecasted
telecasted to millions
millions of
causing
causing even
even a ripple
ripple of
of protest.
protest. What
What of
of the
the
argument
argument that
that parents
parents should
should just
just tum off
off the
the TV
TV
ifif they
they don't
don't like
like rhe
the programming?
programming?
It's
It's valid
valid but
but there
there was
was no
no waming
warning before
before
Madona
Madona launched
launched into
into her
her first
first rapid
rapid fire
fire round
round
of
of obscenities.
obscenities. Although
Although the
the telecast
telecast was
was

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promoted as
as being
being live,
live, itit actually
actually was
was taped
taped
promoted
it
was
what
knew
hours
before.
The
network
knew
what
it
was
network
The
before.
hours
an
or
deletions
without
sending
out.
Yet
it
did
so
without
deletions
or
an
sendingout. Yet it did so
of the
the show.
show. This
This
advisory notice
notice at
at the
the beginning
beginning of
advisoiy
says.
was
"a
creative
decision,"
HBO
says.
HBO
was creativedecision,"
not bound
bound by the
the
as a cable
cable network,
network, is not
HBO, as
netthe
air
over
the
on
same
restrictions
placed
the
over
the
netplaced
samerestrictions
works. But this
this nicety
nicety is undoubtedly
undoubtedly lost on
works.
children who have
have grown
grown up with cable
cable TV in
children
just
their homes.
homes. To them,
them, HBO is just another
another stop
stop
their
on
dial.
the dial.
on the
their lifeworse in their
Those
hear worse
would hear
Thosechildren
children would
To telecast
telecastaa
have.To
times
alreadyhave.
probably already
they probably
times they
considered
longer
no
concert
is no longer considered
Madona's is
like Madona's
concertlike
publicly
wonder publicly
to wonder
to
particularly
particularlycontroversial.But
controversial.But
delivering
that
say
about
the
wisdom
of
it
to
say
that
delivering
it
to
about the wisdom of
is
children is
nation'schildren
such
the nation's
to the
performanceto
such aa performance
To say
sayitit
wrong
To
controversial.
is considered
thatis
consideredcontroversial.
wrong that
rest
the
of
the
with
isis wrong
is
to
seem
out
of
step
with
the
rest
of
the
step
wrong is to seemout of
wrong.
world.
It isisdead
deadwrong.
wrong.It
But itit isis wrong.
world.But
listeners?
therelisteners?
arethere
The
butare
loud-- but
Thecry
cry isis loud

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entertainment
funand
andentertainment
So,
of fun
womenof
menand
andwomen
the men
So.the

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55
industrydo
do not
not enjoy
enjoy real
realhappiness,
industry
happiness,nor
nor do
do they
they
presentvaluable
valuablethings
thingsto
present
to the
the society,
society, but
but most
most
of what
whatthey
theyproduce
produceare
of
aredestructive
destructivematerials.
materials.
As mentioned
mentionedseveral
several times
As
times during
duringthe
thediscusdiscusti9l, happiness
happinessisis an
an inner
inner motive
a
sion,
motive and
and a goal
goal
which could
could not
not be
be acquired
acquiredalone
which
aloneby
by the
themere
mere
fulfilment of
of external
extemalor
or material
materialneeds.
fulfilment
needs.
Enrichment
and
nourishmentof
Enrichment and nourishment
of our
our inner
inner being
being
make an
an essential
essentialrequirement
requirementto
make
to aa morally
morally sound
sound
developmenfof ourselves.
ourselves.
development
The
foregoing
sfories and
andexamples
The foregoing stories
examplesprove
prove one
one
thing in cornmon:
common: that
that true
true happiness
thing
happinessdoes
does not
not
emanate from wealth,
wealth, fame,
fame, academic
emanate
degrees
academicdegrees
and titles,
titles,high
high rank
rankor position
positionin society.
and
society.
What are
are therefore,
therefore, those
What
those factors
factors that
that mayconmayconstitute
sources
both physical
physical and
and spiritual
spiritual wellwellstitute sources of both
being
being for man?
man? Where
Where does
does happiness
happiness originate?
originate?
And what
those who
who aie
are truly
truly
what are
are the
the qualities
qualities of those
happy?
happy?
Before
us first
first disdisBefore answering
answering these
these questions,
questions, let us
cuss
in
brief
the
barriers
the barriers to real
real happiness.
happiness.
cuss
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BARRIERS TO REAL HAPPINESS

HAPPINESS
BARRIERS
I.Disbelief In Allah And LackOf
Lack Of The True
True
l.Disbelief
Faith.
Faith.
Since the
the true faith fills the
the heart
heart with comfort,
comfort,
Since
security, reassurance
reassurance and
and contentment,
contentment, and
and
security,
relationship
strong
has
makes
man
feel
that
he
has
strong
relationship
he
that
makesman
the Creator
Creator
alone is the
with Almighty Allah, Who alone
of man
man and
and everything
everything visible
visible and
and invisible
invisible and
and
and
well-being
man's
knows
best
what
achieves
man's
well-being
and
achieves
knows best
the biggest
biggest barriers
barriers
happiness.
Therefore,
one
one of the
Therefore,
happiness.
the
and
world
this
to
real
happiness
both
in
this
world
and
the
both
happiness
to real
religion
true
Allah's
Hereafter
rejectionof Allah's true religion
is the
the rejection
Hereafter is
(Le.,
(i.e.,Islam).
Islam).
from
and stray
stray from
Those
correct belief and
lack correct
who lack
Those who
mankind
to mankind
Divine
revealed to
Guidance revealed
Divine Guidance
of AlMessenger
Last
through
andLast Messenger of
the Universal
Universal and
throughthe
void
spiritualvoid
from spiritual
lah,
suffer from
Muhammad,will suffer
lah, Muhammad,
and
real
salvation
and
deprive
themselves
from
real
salvation
and
from
themselves
and deprive
mercy:
mercy:
guide,
(in His
to guide,
willethto
Plan)willeth
"Those
His Plan)
"Those whom
God (in
whomGod
He
whom
those
Islam;
He
openeth
their
breast
to
Islam;
those
whom
He
to
He openeththeir breast
breast
theirbreast
makeththeir
He maketh
willeth
straying,- He
leavestraying,
to leave
willeth to
to
upto
to
climb
had
close
and
constricted,
as
if
they
if
they
had
to
climb
up
as
closeand constricted,
on
abominationon
lay abomination
the
Allah lay
doth Allah
thus doth
skies:thus
theskies:

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those
who refuse
refuse to
those who
to follow
follow His
His code
codeof
of life,
life.
thatisisIslam...."
(Qur'an,6:125)
Islam...."(Qur'an,
that
6:125)
2.Sin
Sinand
andCrime
Crime
2.
Man has
has not
not realizedwell
realizedwell the
Man
the serious
seriousconseconsequences
of
sin as
astheir
their effects
quences of sin
generallyhave
effectsgenerally
haveno
no
cure.Sins
Sins and
and crimes
crimesare
cure.
are barriers
barriersto
to real
real happihappiness.Therefore,
criminalis
ness.Therefore,
aa criminal
is always
alwaysmore
more unhapunhappy
than his
his victim,
victim, for
for aa criminal
py than
criminal who
who is
is not
not pupunishedcould
couldbe
be among
amongthe
themost
nished
mostmiserable
miserablepeople.
people.
3. Envy
Env),and
andJealousy
Jealousy
3.
Envy and
and jealousy
Envy
jealousy are
are sources
sourcesof dissatis
dissatisfacfaction
and self-torture
self-torturefor people.
tion and
people. Therefore,
Therefore,we
we are
are
advised in the
the Holy Qur'an
advised
to
seek
refuge
from
to
seek
refuge
from
Qur'an
the
such kinds
kinds of malignant
malignant
the serious
serious effects
effects of such
social
the Holy euia'n,
Qura'n,
ll3 of the
social evils.
evils. In chapter
chapter 113
we
we are
are advised
advised to seek
seek refuge
refuge in Allah "from
"from
the
mischief
of the
the envious
envious one
one as
as he
he practises
practises
the mischief of
envy...."Both
envy and
and jealousy,
jealousy, when
when translated
translated
envy...."Both envy
into
happiness
into action,
action, lead
lead to the
the destruction
destruction of happiness
and
and deprive
deprive people
people of
of the
the good
good things
things rhey
they enjoy.
enjoy.
The best
best refuge
refuge from evil is
is trust
trust in
in Allah alone
along
along
of heart.
heart.
along with
with purity
purity of
4.
ll-will
4. IIll-will
True
True believers
believers

are
are

described in
In the
the
described

Holy
Holy

5588
Qur'an, verse
verse 10 of
of chapter
chapter 59,
59, as
as saying
saying when
when
Qur'an,
they pray to Allah:
Allah:
they
leave not,
not, in
in our
our hearts,
hearts, rancour
rancour (or
(or sense
sense
"..And leave
"..And
of injury)
injury) against
against those
those who have
have believed...."
believed...."
Ill-will and
and rancour
rancour are
are barriers
barriers to
to the
the happiness
happiness
Ill-will
of man.
man. In fact,
fact, ill-will
ill-will is contrary
contrary to happiness;
happiness;
belongs to a different domain
domain on human
human
it belongs
kills the lofty
lofty
feelings. It is like a virus that kills
feelings.
man.
sentiments
and
kind
feelings
of
man.
of
feelings
sentimentsand

5.
Aneer
5. Anger
hostility.
Anger
and
hostility.
displeasure and
connotes displeasure
Anger connotes
spoil
threatsthat
that spoil
Therefore,
biggestthreats
the biggest
is one
one of the
ThJrefore,it is
(Peace
and
Muhammad
man's
happiness.
Prophet
Muhammad
(Peace
and
man'shappiness.Prophet
importance
the importance
blessings
stressedthe
him), stressed
upon him),
be upon
blessings be
comhis comone
he
advised
of
self-restraint
when
he
advised
one
of his
when
of self-restraint
by
anger..."
"Do not
panions:
by anger. .."
not be
overpowered
be overpowered
panions:"Do
6.
Injustice
6. Injustice
to every-body
every-body
ruin to
Injustice,
will bring
bring ruin
no doubt
doubtwill
Injustice,no
many
by many
proven
is
who
practises
it.
This
is
proven
by
it.
This
practises
who
to
lessons
and
warnings and lessons to
examples
as warnings
thatserved
servedas
examplesthat
mainvice and
and maindangerousvice
humanity
this dangerous
to shun
shunthis
humanity to
signify
may
justice
Injustice
tain
justice
and
equality.
Injustice
may
signify
equality.
and
tain
may
limits; itit may
goingbeyond
beyond limits;
the
and
andgoing
trespassing
thetrespassing
or denial
denial
of things
thingsor
misplacement
also
of
themisplacement
signifythe
alsosignify
of
truth.
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this. context,
In this.
context, incorrect
incorrectconcepts
conceptson
on divinity,
divinity,
polytheism,idolatry
suchas
aspolytheism,
such
idolatryand
falseworship,
andfalse
worship,are
are
one of the
forms of injustice
the forms
injusticsas
one
s5 i5iI is
is aa distortion
distortion
true religion
religion and
of true
and trespassing
trespassingagainst
against divine
divine
commands. The
The following
following verse
commands.
from
the
verse from the Holy
Holy
illustratesthis
point:
this point:
Qur'an
Qur'anillustrates
"Behold,Luqman
Luqman said
said to
his son
"Behold,
to his
son by
by way
way of inin'O my son! Join not in worship
struction: '0
struction:
son! Join not
worship
(others)with Allah:
(others)
Allah: for false
falseworship
worship is
is indeed
indeedthe
the
highestwrong-doing'....
(Qur'an,31:13)
wrong-doing'...."
highest
" (Qur'an,
3 1:13)
Many aa nation
nation backed
backed up,
Many
up, or refrained
refrainedfrom
from
resisting, unjust
unjust tyrants
tyrants and
resisting,
and wrong-doers
wrong-doersand
and
broughtthereby
therebyupon
upon themselves
themselvesdevastation
brought
devastationand
and
perdition.
perdition.
The following
quotationfrom
following quotation
The
from the
the sayings
sayingsof the
the
(Peaceand
Prophet
Prophet (Peace
blessings be
be upon
upon him)
him) testitestiand blessings
fies to
fact very
fies
to this
this proven
proven fact
very often
often noticed
noticed in
human
human life.
life. Abu Musa
Musa Al-Ash'ari,
AI-Ash'ari, a companion
companion
(Peaceand
of Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad (Peace
blessings be
be
and blessings
(as
upon
upon him),
him), related
related that
that the
the Prophet
Prophet said
said (as
narrated
narrated by Imams
Imams Bukhari
Bukhari and
and Muslim):
Muslim):
"Allah
"Allah may
may give
give a wrong-doing
wrong-doing tyrant
tyrant respite,
respite,
and
and thereafter
thereafter when
when He punishes
punishes him, He
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never

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lets
him escape."
escape." Then,
Then, he
he recited
recited this
this Qur'anic
Qur'anic
lets him
Verse:
Verse:

"Such
"Such is the
the chdstisement
chastisement of
of thy Lord when
when He
chastises communities
communities in the
the midst of
of their wrong:
wrong:
chastises
His
chastisement."
is
grievous, indeed,
indeed, and
and severe
severe
chastisement."
grievous,
(Qur'an,
11:102)
(Q
u r ' a n ,1
1:102)
In another
another verse
verse from the
the Holy Qur'an,
Qur'an, it is stated:
stated:

give
did I give
populations did
"And how many
many populations
given to
to wrong-doing?
wrong-doing?In
respite,
were given
which were
respite, which
is the
destination
the destination
the
punishedthem.
them.To Me is
the end
end I punished
(of all)."
(Qur'an,
22:48)
(Qur'an,
22:48)
all)."

7.
Power
Wordly Power
Fearof Wordly
7. Fear
humility,
is the
causeof humility,
Fear
thecause
Allah is
thanAllah
other than
Fear of other
A1fear of AlWhereas,fear
insecurity
Whereas,
and unhappiness.
unhappiness.
insecurityand
him
drives
ideals
and
man
lofty
ideals
and
drives
him
lah
produces
in
lah producesin man lofty
moral
excellentmoral
andexcellent
to
conductand
sound conduct
to develop
develop sound
human
fetters
of
from
all
behaviour.
It
frees
him
from
all
fetters
of
human
him
frees
It
behaviour.
freeand freehis dignity
dignity and
bondage
his
safeguards
and safeguards
bondageand
in the
Holy Qur'an:
dom
theHoly
Allah says
saysin
will. Allah
of will.
Qur'an:
dom of
fear
you the
thefear
to you
"It
to
thatsuggests
suggests
"It is
Satanthat
theSatan
is only
only the
fear
but
them,
of
of
his
votaries:
be
you
not
afraid
of
them,
but
fear
you
not
afraid
be
votaries:
of his
(Qur'an,3:175)
youare
3:175)
me,
truebelievers."
believers."CQur'an,
aretrue
me,if
if you

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Pessimism
8. Pessimism
8.
Pessimism is
is synonymous
synonymous with
Pessimism
with misery
misery and
and
trouble.It leads
leads to
trouble.It
to aa stage
stage of inertia
inertia and
and dedepression.
pessimisticperson
personwould
pression. A pessimistic
would hold
hold back
back
from enjoying
enjoying his
his normal
normal life or
from
or achieving
achievinghis
his
objectives.Therefore,
Therefore, the
objectives.
Gracious
Prophet
the Gracious Prophet
(Peace and
and blessings
blessingsbe
(Peace
be upon
upon him)
him) promoted
promoted
and liked
liked optimism
optimismbut
and
but discouraged
discouragedand
and disliked
disliked
pessimism.
pessimist, due
pessimism. A pessimist,
due to
to his
his defeatist
defeatist
tendencies,incurs
incurs several
tendencies,
severaltroubles
troubles and
and difficulties the
the effects
effects of which
which on
ties
on his
his nerves
nervesare
far
are far
heavierthan
thandilemmas
dilemmasand
heavier
anddisasters.
disasters.
9. Suspicion
Suspicion
9.
(Glory be
Allah (Glory
be to
Allah
to Him)
Him)
Qur'an:
Qur'an:

states
staresIII
in the
rhe Holy

"O ye
(as
"0
ye who
who believe!
believe! Shun
much (as
Shunsuspicion
suspicionas
asmuch
possible):
is
a
sin...."
suspicionin some
possible): for suspicion
cases
somecasesis sin...."
(Qur'an,49:12)
(Qur'an,49:12)
Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad (Peace
(Peace and
and blessings
blessings be
be
upon
upon him) also
also says:
says:
"Shun
SuspIcIOn is the
the bigbig"Shun suspicion,
suspicion, because
because suspicion
gest
gest lie."
lie." (Narrated
(Narrated by Imams
Imams Bukhari
Bukhari and
and MusMuslim)

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can a suspicious
suspicious person
person be
be happy?And
happy?And how
how
How can
mistrust
can
a
society
pervaded
suspicion
and
mistrust
and
suspicion
pervaded
by
can society
prosper or lead
lead a collective
collective life of
of happiness.
happiness.
prosper
10 . Arrogance
Arrogance
10.
arrogant person
person leads
leads a life of
of misery
misery
An arrogant
people
and
rudely
he
treats
other
people
rudely
and
even
though
other
he
treats
even though
to established
boastfully
without due
due regard
regard
established
boastfully without
norms
moral conduct.
conduct. He
He oppresses
oppresses them
them or
nonns of moral
he
but
turns
toward them
them
he is
scorntoward
his cheek
cheek in scorn
turns his
definitely
guilty cons-cience
cons-cience which
which
hauntedwith guilty
definitely haunted
makes
his
life
miserable.
miserable.
his
makes
"Tum not
toward folk, nor
scom toward
not thy cheek
cheekin scorn
loveth
Lo! Allah loveth
walk
with
pertness
in
the
land.
La!
land.
the
walk with pertness
(Qur'an,31:
31:18)
l8)
not
boaster."(Qur'an,
eachbraggart
braggartboaster."
not each
(Peaceand
be upon
upon
blessingsbe
andblessings
Prophet
Muhammad(Peace
ProphetMuhammad
whenhe
he said:
said:
regardwhen
him)
this regard
gavehis
his advice
advicein this
him) gave
look
not look
Allah will not
"On the
"On
Day of Judgment
JudgmentAllah
the Day
garment out
out
lower garment
his lower
towards
him who
who trails
trails his
towards him
"
Bukhari
(a
Imams Bukhari
narratedby
by Imams
of
pride (a Hadith
Hadith narrated
of pride"
and
Muslim)
andMuslim)
thanAllah
Allah
11.
to other
otherthan
11.Devotion
Devotionto
hate,but
but
loveand
and hate,
to love
partof
man'scharacter
character
ItIt isis aapart
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carrying
passions
thepassions
of love
carrying the
of
loveand
andhate
hateto
to extremes
extremes
precarious.
Take
for
is
precarious.
Take
for
example
the
story
example
the
story of
of
It
Romeo
and
Julietin
in English
EnglishLiterature
Romeo and Juliet
Literatureor
or Qays
eays
and Layla
Layla in
in Arabic
Arabic Literature.
Literature. Qays,
and
who was
was
Qays,who
known in
in the
thestory
storyas
Layla'smad
known
had
sufasLayla's
madlover,
lover, had sufferedtremendously
tremendouslyfrom
from this
fered
this love
love until
until he
he lost
lost
his senses
sensesand
and later
later died
died in
his
in aa wretched
wretchedpiteous
piteous
state.
state.
When your
your heart
heart is
is wholly
wholly devoted
When
devotedto
your
to your
(Allah), your
Creator(Allah),
your love
love is
you
thereby
Creator
is holy
holy and
you
and
thereby
enjoy an
an elevated
elevatedemotion
emotion which
enjoy
which fills
fills your
your heart
heart
peaceand
andhappiness.
happiness.
with peace
This kind of emotion
emotion is
is not
This
not in contradiction
contradictionwith
love_for parents,
parents,wife or children.
love
children . In fact,
fact, they
they
are harmonious
harmoniousand
and complementary.
are
complementary. But,
But, exextreme
emotions,
when not
treme emotions, when
not controlled
controlledby reason
reasonor
logic,
logic, are
are in fact
fact detrimental
detrimental to our
our life and
and haphappine
ss.
piness.
12.
12. Alcohol.
Alcohol. Drugs
Drugs and
and Drug
Drug Addiction
Addiction
Many people
people imagine
imagine that
that happiness
happiness can
can be
be
attained
attained through
through alcohol
alcohol or drug
drug addicrion.
addiction.
Therefore,
drugs escaping
escaping thereby
thereby
Therefore, they resort
resort to drugs
from the
the troubles
troubles and
and worries
worries of
of life. In fact,
fact, they
they
are
are like one
one who escapes
escapes from a small
small fire to aa
hell.
hell.
Drugs
Drugs may
may throw
throw one,
one, for
for aa short
short while,
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dreamy iilusive
illusive world
world of
of hapainess;
happiness; but
but in
in fact
fact
dreamy
they lead
lead both
both to disintegration
disintegration and
and destruction.
destruction.
they
We nowadays
nowadays witness
witness many
many examples
examples of
of such
such
'worldsocial disintegration
disintegration and
and chaos
chaos due
due to the
the worldsocial
other
besides
of
drug
addiction
besides
other
wide
surge
drug
addiction
of
surge
rvide
.causes
related to corrdption
corruption and
and the
the absence
absence of
causesrelated
real religious
religious sanctions
sanctions and
and sound
sound creed.
creed.
real
WAY TO HAPPY
HAPPY
LAND MARKS ON THE WAY
LAND
LIFE
LIFE
Happiness)
(TI1e
of Happiness)
(The Factors
Pre-requisites
& Pre-requisites
Factors&

1.
1. Sound
SqundBelief
solid
first lay
lay aa solid
you have
haveto
to first
To build
life, you
happylife,
build aa happy
it
will
subside.
foundation
subside.
it, otherwise,
oiherwise,
foundation for it,
unshakea
solid unshakeasuchaa solid
'TIlerefore,
seeksuch
we should
shouldseek
Thereforc.we
our
buiid our
could build
rvhich we
we could
ble
on \vhich
foundation on
ble foundation
by
schemeby
must be
be also
alsoaa scheme
wholesome
life.
Theremust
life. There
i.vholesonte
guidedand
and
is to
be guided
life is
to be
which
of our
our life
courseof
the course
which the
controlled.
controlled-.

eiesire
feelings,desires
Man
impulses,
drives,feelings,
impr:lses,drives,
posses$es
Man possesses
and
his character
characterand
and
intluencehis
may influence
which may
whirnswhich
anC whims
to
ability to
with the
the ability
way
l{e isis endowed
endowedwith
lii"e.He
way of
of life.
hecould
couldbe
ire
thathe
perceiveso
so that
think,
attd perceive
reason and
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ableto
to control
controlhis
his will
wili and
able
and emotions
emotions and
and direct
direct
himself into
into the
the course
course of
himself
of action
actionhe
he believes
believesto
to
be suitable.
suitable.However,
However,man's
be
man'smind
mind and
andemotions
emotions
may lapse
lapseand
andlead
leadhim
him away
may
the
right
awayfrom
from the right path.
path.
He
may stray
stray unknowingly
unknowingly from
He may
from the
the way
way to
to
successand
and happiness
happinessand
success
and take
take the
the course
courseto
to
chaosand
and misery,
misery, thereby
therebybringing
chaos
bringing suffering
suffering and
and
destructionupon
uponhimself
himself and
destruction
andupon
uponothers.
others.
Hence the
the necessity
necessity for man
Hence
man to
to achieve
achieveaa
profound understanding
understandingof the
profound
the Divine
Divine Guidance
Guidance
which leads
leadshis
his way
way to
plain truth
which
to the
the plain
truth about
aboilt his
his
existencein this
this world,
world, his
his relation
existence
relationto the
the universe
universe
and to other
other creatures,
creatures,the
pulposeof his
the purpose
and
his creation,
creation,
how
he
has
come into
into existence,
how he has come
\Vill
existence,the
the Divine
Divine Will
that
that controls
controls him and
and directs
directs his
his life, and
and the
the
conect
to
correct course
course and
and way
way that
that leads
leads him to
salvation
salvation and
and real
real happiness.
happiness.
Islam
the last
last and
and only universal
universal religion
religion and
and
Islam is the
system
system or code
code of
of life revealed
revealed to mankind
mankind
through
through the
the last Prophet
Prophet (Peace
(Peace and
and blessings
blessings be
upon
upon him)
him) and
and the
the only faith with
with the
the Divine
Revelation
Revelation stiil
still kept
kept intact
intact in its orginal
orginal form,
form,
unlike
unlike the
the earlier
earlier revelations
revelations which
which were
were already
already
lost,
lost, adulterated,
adulterated, interpoiated,
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corrupted.
Thus, the
the Islamic
Islamic Faith
Faith proves
proves to
Thus,
corrupted.
man's
correct foundation
foundation for man's character
character
be the only correct
of life necessary
necessary for
and behaviour
behaviour and
and a mode
mode of
and
building a sound
sound and
and progressive
progressive society
society charcharbuilding
acterized by justice
justice and
and peace
peace which
which is in
acterized
harmony
Allah's
will.
with
Allah's
ha'rmony
If we think of
of the
the backwardness
backwardness of Muslim
If
societies, we will
will find that
that the
the reason
reason for such
such
societies,
from
this
deviation
condition is mainly due
due to the
the deviation
this
condition
caused
life. The
The calamities
that caused
divine
way of life.
calamitiesthat
divine way
areby no
Muslim societies
no means
means
the downfull
societiesare
the
downfull of Muslim
merely due
knowledge but
scientific knowledge
lack of scientific
merely
due to lack
when
fact, when
Islam. In fact,
rather
from Islam.
deviationfrom
ratherto their
their deviation
Dark
the
so-called
Europe
was
going
through
the
so-called
Dark
Europe was going through
the
half of the
Ages,
coveringhalf
Nation, covering
Islamic Nation,
Ages, the
the Islamic
and
most splendid
splendidand
world,
the most
was enjoying
enjoying the
world, was
known.
hadever
everknown.
glorious
world had
gloriouscivilization
the world
civilizationthe

leads
practice,leads
put into
into practice,
So
whenput
belief,when
Islamicbelief,
the Islamic
So the
his
all his
and channels
channelsall
man
tion and
right direc
direc tion
man to
to the
the right
schemeof
energies
into aa constructive
constructivescheme
andefforts
effortsinto
energiesand
to
is complementary
life.
faith is
complementaryto
with, faith
To begin
begin with,
life. To
antithesis
is not
not the
the antithesis
reason.
of
reason is
Therefore,reason
reason.Therefore,
human
other
faith
as
is
the
case
in
some
other
human
in
some
is
case
the
faith as
to develdevelfaith helps
helpsto
beliefs
Islamicfaith
religions.Islamic
andreligions.
beliefsand
kind
imposeany
anykind
not impose
op
doesnot
mind and
anddoes
humanmind
thehuman
op the
it. ItIt
on
restrictions
of
or undue
unduerestrictions on it.
illogical concept
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leads
manin
inthe
theway
wayof
of truth
truthsince
leads man
sincehe
heisisguided
guidedby
by
wordsand
and commandments
commandments
words
of
Creator,
Who
of his
his Creator,Who
knowswhat
whatisisbest
bestfor
for him.
him.
knows
A basic
basicIslamic
Islamicprinciple
principleof
A
of faith
faith isis related
relatedto
to
harmony
in
this
universe.
harmony in this universe. Many
Manyscientists
scientistsand
and
thinkers believe
believe that
that there
thinkers
there is
is aa conflict
conflict
betweenman
man and
and nature
natureand
between
is
and that
that man
man is strugstrusgling
to
overcome the
the powers
powersof
gling to overcome
of nature.
nature.Islam
Islari
corrects this
this short-sighted
short-sighted
corrects
notion.
notion.It
It states
statesthat
that
everything
in
this
world has
hasbeen
everything in this world
beencreated
createdto
to serve
serve
man, and
and man
man has
has been
been created
man,
createdto
to serve
serveAllah.
Allah.
Therefore,the
the relationship
relationshipbetween
Therefore,
and
betweenman
man and the
the
universe
is
one
harmonyand
universe is one of harmony
and friendliness.
friendliness.This
This
fact imbues
imbuesman
man with peace
peaceof mind,
fact
mind, satisfaction
satisfaction
and happiness.
happiness.
alsofrees
freeshis
his mind
and
It also
from
mind from worries,
worries,
fears
and
feeling
hostility. His
His life would
would
fears and feeling of hostility.
become
become inspired
inspired with love,
love, hope,
hope, optimism,
optimism,
contentment
contentment and
and happiness
happiness that
that would
would enable
enable
him to face
face hardships
hardships with confidence
confidence and
and rieht
right
discretion.
discretion.
Belief in Allah
Allah and
and in
in His perfecr
perfect arrribures
attributes
would
deeply
influence
would deeply influence the
the Muslim's
Muslim's character
character
and
and his
his whole
whole outlook
outlook on
on life.
life. ItIt brings
brings him
him to
to
a.cquire
acquire good
good qualities
qualities and
and aim
aim for
for human
human perfecperfection.
tion. This
This will
will undoubtedly
undoubtedly achieve,
achieve, for
for bbth
both the
the
individual
individual and
and the
the society,
society, aa life
life of
of ideal
ideal values
values

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and collective
collective happiness.
happiness.
and
Belief in the
the angels
angels of Allah makes
makes man
man feel
feel that
that
he is not aione
alone in this
this universe
universe and
and that
that it abounds
abounds
he
righteous friendly
friendly creatures.
creatures. This
This rvould
would
with righteous
make life pleasant
pleasant for him and
and enable
enable him to
make
achieve
happiness.
and happiness.
successand
achievesuccess
conthe Day of Judgment
Judgment drives
man to condrives man
Belief in the
trol his
his behaviour
behaviour and
the Divine
accordingto the
and life according
justice and
Laws
righteousness.
Laws of justice
and righteousness.
wili
Without
which everyone
everyonewill
on which
this Day on
Without belief in this
just
(when
wrong-doers
are
receive
his
deserts
(when
the
wrong-doers
are
the
receivehis
deserts
justly punished
are rewarded
rewarded
righteousare
punished and
and the
the righteous
impetus to
to
bountifully),
lose the
the impetus
would lose
man would
bountifully), man
the oppressed
oppressed
behave
others and
and the
fairiy towards
towards others
behavefairly
grow hopeless
would
miserable.
hopelessand
andmiserable.
would grow
that
elementthat
Belief in the
is an
an essential
essentialelement
the Hereafter
Hereafteris
ostablish
helps
and
and establish
humandelinquency
cieiinquency
to control
controlhuman
helpsto
society.
collective
virtues in society.
andvirtues
happinessand
collectivehappiness

Belief
majorelement
is aa major
elementof aa
Destinyis
Divine Destiny
Belief in Divine
you
personality.When
When you
stable
and composed
composecl personality.
stable and
and
Divine Decree
Decreeand
submit
andWill and
yourselfto
the Divine
to the
submityourself
"What
you
befalls you
feel
positively certain
that "What befalls
certain that
f'eel positively
you
missesyou
you and
what misses
would
andwhat
not have
havemissed
missedyou
wouldnot

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would not have
have
befallen you",
you", you
you vroulci
would
wouid
befallen
grow stronger
face of calamicertainly
the face
strongerin the
calamicertainlygrow
ties, face
them with patience
patience and
courage and
face them
and courage
and
ties,
para.lized
not
them or be
be paralized with shock
sirockor
not succumb
succumbto them
despair.
despair.
Lack of such
faitit creates
createsaa vacuum
vacuurn
elementof faith
suchelement
up
in man's
heart and
that cannot
cannot be
be filled up
man's heart
and life that
with
pleasuresof the
world. It
witir all the
riches and
and pleasures
the world.
tire riches
is
many, even
emptinessthat
that drives
drives many,
even
is this
this kind of emptiness
pleasure-seekers
of
the
world
the
wealthy
and
the
pleasure-seekers
worid
and
the
the
the rveaithy
to
commicsuicide.
eve.ncommit
suicide.
to collapse
collapseor even
2.
Devotictlrto
Worship and
t-oAllah
Allal'i
2. Worship
and Devotion
(idle) sport
"Not for (idle)
We create
the heavens
heavens
createthe
spart did
di<i \Ve
and
is between"(Qur'qn,
beiween"(Qur'an,
earth and
anc all
all that
that is
and the
the earth
21
2 1:16)
:16)
pla.v,Allah has
So
has
iiile sport
is not
nat for idle
$por"ior play,
So creation
ereationis
purposebehind
Wiiat is
is it?
it? Allah
Ailah has
has
aa serious
senouspurpose
behinciit. \Vhat
revealed
purposein
to us
F{ispurpose
in the
Holy Qur'an:
revealedto
us His
the Holy
Qur'an:
"1 have
(i.e., genies)
genies) and
"I
and
createdJinns
irave only
oniy created
Jinns (i.e.,
(Qur'an,
men,
that
they
may
serve
Me!"
(Qur'an,
51:56)
51:56)
men.that they may seivelde!"
Everything
Universeare
are
everyonein the
the Universe
and everyone
Everything and
to His
FIis
created
submi.tto
Ailah. and
and all submit
Almishty Allah,
bv Ahnighty
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glanceat
physicalworld.
Will. Have
Have aa glance
the physical
at the
world. You
will find everything
everythingcontrolled
controlled and
and directed
directedin
accordance
Divine Order
accordancewith Divine
Order and
and Laws.
Laws. There
There
govern
laws that
are
are laws
that govern every
every area
area or domain
domain of
nature,such
gravity, motion,
nature,
laws of gravity,
suchas
asthe
the laws
motion, relativrelativThese prevailing
prevailing laws
laws testify
ity, etc.
etc. These
testify to
fact
to the
the fact
that
that the
the universe
universeis
is in total
its Creatotal submission
submissionto
to its
Creaits laws.
laws.
tor,
tor, Almighty
Almighty Allah,
Allah, Who
Who has
hasoriginated
originatedits
But man
man has
hasbeen
beenendowed
FreeWill, aa privendowedwith Free
ilege not
given to
ilege
not given
lower forms
forms of creation,
to the
the lower
creation,so
so
that
that his
his obedience
laws of his
obedienceto
to the
the laws
his Creator
Creator
should
should be
more sensible
be more
sensibleand
andnot
not aa kind
kind of blind
blind
obedience
obediencelike aa robot
robot following
following the
the commands
commandsof
the
the computer
computeroperator.
operator.
Besides,he
he is
Besides,
is also
also endowed
endowedwith the
faculty of
the faculty
thinking and
thinking
and reasoning
reasoningso
so that
that he
he could
could be
be able
able to
to
decide and
decide
Therefore,
and shoulder
shoulder responsibility.
responsibility.Therefore,
man will
will be
man
be able
ableto
harmony in his
to achieve
achievefull harmony
his
life if
if the
intellectualand
the intellectual
and spiritual
his
spiritualside
side of his
charactercomes
physicalside
character
comesto
to coincide
coincidewith
with the
the physical
side
physicallaws
which
which is
is already
alreadyruled
naturalor physical
laws
ruledby natural
ordained
ordained and
and fulfilled by
Glorv be
bv Allah Glory
be to
to
Him)!
Him)!
Thus, he
Law, listen
Thus,
he would
would abide
the Divine
Divine Law,
listento
abideby the
to
the commandments
the
commandments of his
Lord and
respond
his Lord
and respond

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willingly,
and worship
willingly, and
worship in
in all
all humility
humility and
and
reverencethe
theonly
only true
reverence
truedeity,
deity,Allah,
Allah, Who
Who alone
aloneis
is
worthy
of
worship.
worthy of worship.
Obedienceand
and worship
worship of Allah
Obedience
Allah are
are aa major
major and
and
comprehensive source
comprehensive
source of contentment
contentment and
and
happiness
for man.
man. On
personallevel,
happiness
for
On the
thepersonal
level,it gives
gives
man the
the feeling
feelingthat
thathe
he is
is close
man
closeto
to Allah
Allah and
andsuch
such
nearnessto
to his
his Lord,
Lord, consequently,
nearness
provides
consequently,
provideshim
him
with guidance,
guidance,wisdom,
wisdom, strength,
with
strength, confidence,
confidence,
steadfastness,
security,joy and
steadfastness,
security,
and satisfaction.
satisfaction.Acts
Acts
worship have
have many
of worship
many positive
positive aspects
aspectsin
humanlife.
life. In prayer,
prayer, man
man communicates
human
communicateswith
with
his Lord
Lord directly
directlyand
and establishes
his
the
establishes
the most
mostexalted
exalted
relationship that
that infuses
infuses him
relationship
him with
with satisfaction
satisfaction
peace
and
mind. He
He feels
feelsthat
and peace of mind.
that Allah
Allah is
is with
with
him: He
He hears
hearshim,
him, responds
respondsto
him:
to him,
him, accepts
his
acceptshis
prayers
and good
prayers and
good deeds
forgives
his
sins.
deedsand
andforgiveshis sins.
This would
elevate his
This
would elevate
his spirit
to perfection.
perfection. He
He
spirit to
would
would contemplate
contemplate the
the verses
verses of the
the Glorious
Glorious
Qur'an that
that are
are recited
recited and
and realize
realize their
their implicaimplicaQur'an
tions
the prayer.
prayer. He
He
tions as
as well as
as the
the general
general aims
aims of the
would
moved to comply
comply with
with their
their injunctions
injunctions
would be
be moved
and
and commandments.
commandments. He
He would
would feel
feel the
the power
power of
Allah
Allah dominating
dominating him as
as well as
as the
the whole
whole
universe.
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make him humble
humble and
and cause
cause him to
This would make
against
trespassing
trespassing
against
abstain
from
wronging
or
wronging
abstain
others. When
When he acquires
acquires such
such traits,
traits, he would
would
others.
become the
the epitome
epitome of iove,
love, rnercy,
mercy, justice
justice and
and
become
good
man
of
guidance. He
He would
would become
become a man
good
guidance.
manners and
and refinement,
refinement, in full contro!
control of his
his
marulers
to
able
would
be
he
desires
and
whims.
Further,
he
would
be
able
desiresand whims. Further,
channel all his
his feelings,
feelings, efforts
efforts and
and actions
actions in rhe
the
channel
proper constructive
way.
proper
constructiveway.
Prayer purifies
purifies the
the soul
and the
the gloomigloomierror and
soul of error
Prayer
and reireshes
water purifies
purifies and
refreshes the
the
ness of sins
sins as
as water
ness
inculcates
body.
It
refines
man's
character
and
inculcates
in
and
body. refinesman'scharacter
honesty,
honesty,
him the
truthfulness,
virtuesof truthfulness,
excellentvirtues
the excellent
frorn
man away
away from
keeps man
modesty
humility. It keeps
and humility.
modestyand
and
actions and evil
falsehood
{brbiddenactions
from all
all forbidden
and from
talsehoodand
deeds.
deeds.
the
prayer achieves
achievesfor the
On
prayer
1e.,,e1,
colieciive level,
the collective
On the
leads
perfeclionand
andleads
community
high degree
Cegreeof perfection
cornmunity aa high
andsucsuchappiness
it through
and
way to
collectivehappiness
to collective
the way
throughthe
feeiing
a
individuaia feeling
for the
cess,
the individual
hasrealized
realizedfor
as it has
cess,as
and
dignity and
of happiness
dignity
weli as
as consistency,
consistency,
aswell
happinessas
integrity.
integrity.
.Ilis act of worship
This
many elements
eletnentsof
t,orship contains
containsmany
act
prayer
Congregationai
success
and
social
welfare.
Congregational
prayer
successand socialrvelfare.
where
is,
for social
upliftment, where
f-act,aa school
social upliftment,
in fact,
school for
is, in
is
equalityis
man
order
unity,and
andequality
andunity,
orcier and
exercise
mancan
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fully
realizedwith
with no
no traces
fully realized
rracesof
of discrimination
discrimination
whatsoever. Those
Those who
perforrn prayer
whatsoever.
who perform
prayer in
in the
the
right way
way shall
shallfind
find their
right
their way
way to
to salvation,
salvation,
success
andeternal
eternalhappiness.
happiness.
success
and
Whatapplies
appliesto
prayeralso
to prayer
What
alsoapplies
appliesto
to other
otheracts
actsof
of
worship
which,
together,contribute
worship which, together,
contiibuteto
to the
thebuilding
building
spiritual, social,
social, political,
political,economic
of spiritual,
econcmicwelfare
weifare
andsolidarity.
solidarity.
and
fact, that
that is
is the
the secret
secret behind
In fact,
behind the
tirestandard
standardof
superiority achieved
achieved by
by the
superiority
N{usiimsociety
the Muslim
society at
at
the
Zenith
of
its
its development,
the Zenith
development, power,
power, and
and
prosperity.
prosperity.
final word
word on
on worship
worshipas
A final
as aa source
sourceof success
success
and happiness
happinessis
is that
and
that worship
worship in Islam
Islamincludes
includes
every action
action aa Muslim
performsonly
every
Muslim performs
only for the
the
sake
(Glory
of
Allah
sake Allah (Glory be
to Him) and
be to
and in accordance
accordance
with
His commandments.
with His
commandments. This
This not
not only
only covers
covers
ritual
actslike
ritual acts
like prayers
prayers performed
performed in the
the Mosque,
Mosque,
fasting during
during the
Ramadan or the
the
fasting
the month
month of Ramadan
performance
performance of Hujj;
Hajj; it also
also includes
includes all human
human
activities,
activities, such
such as
as learnirr*e.
learning, training,
training, eating,
eating, sleepsleeping,
ing, working
working ro
to earn
earn a living fcr
for the
the sustenance
sustenance of
the
the family
family and
and all otlier
other constructive
constructive activiiies
activities
necessary
necessary for the
the improvement
improvement of
of human
human liib.
life. Ttris
This
provides
of good
good deeds
deeds
provides the
the Muslirn
Muslim with a treasure
treasure of
that
that contribute
contribute to the
the realization
realization of
of an
an integral
integral and
and
righteous
righteous character
character and
and enhances
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attaining an
an everlasting
everlasting blissful
blissful life in the
the
attaining
Hereafter.The following verse
verse from the
the Holy
Hereafter.The
Qur'an guides
guides man
man to the
the way of
of prosperity
prosperity and
and
Qur'an
success:
success:
"O
"0 ye
ye who
who believe!
believe! Do your
your duty
duty to Allah,
Allah, seek
seek
(with
Him,
and
strive
of
approach
unto
and
strive
(with
the
means
the meansof approachunto
and main)
main) in His cause:
cause: that
that ye
ye may
may
might and
prosper,"
(Qur'an,
5:35)
(Qur'an,
5:35)
prosper."
"Whoever
works
righteousness, man
man or
"Whoever works
righteousness,
give
woman, and
has Faith,
Faith, verily,
verily, to
to him will We
We give
woman,
and has
pure,
good
and
a new
new life, a life that
that is
and pure, and We
is good and
to the
the
will bestow
rewardaccording
accordingto
on such
such their
their reward
bestowon
(Qur'an,16:97)
best
of
their
actions,"
(Qur'an,
16:97)
actions."
best their
right conduct.
When these
these
Faith,
meansright
conduct.When
sincere,means
Faith,if sincere,
grace
transforms
Allah's
two
confirm
each
other,
Allah's
grace
transforms
other,
each
two confirm
worried,
troubledand
and worried,
our
being troubled
Insteadof being
life. Instead
our life.
insteadof being
being
we
contentment;instead
peaceand
and contentment;
havepeace
we have
and
the
falsealarms
alarmsand the
assailed
by false
tum by
at every
every turn
assailedat
purity.
assaults
attainpurity,
and attain
we enjoy
enjoy calm
calm and
evil, we
assaultsof evil,
itself,
but
The
transformation
is
visible
in
this
life
itself,
but
this
is
visible
The transformation
"reward"in
be far
far
the
Hereafterwill be
the Hereafter
in terms
termsof the
the "reward"
beyond
deserts.
our deserts.
beyondour
him)
(Peaceand
be upon
uponhim)
The
blessingsbe
andblessings
Prophet(Peace
The Prophet
said:
said:
(full) of
"Happiness,allhappiness,
long life
life (full)
is long
"Happiness,all
is
happiness,
(Narratedby
and
obedience
by Quda'i
Allah." (Narrated
to Allah."
obedience to
Quda'iand

75
75
Daylami on
Daylami
on the
theauthority
authorityof Ibn
Ibn Umar)
Umar)
is worth
worth mentioning
mentioning that
It is
that obedience
obediencemust
must be
be
basedon
on sound
sound knowledge;
knowledge;for
based
for ignorance
ignorance may
may
distort the
godliness and
the spirit
spirit of godliness
distort
and deprive
deprive
worshipof its
worship
its meaning,
meaning,and
andrender
renderit fruitless
fruitlessand
and
almostfutile.
futile.
almost
There is
is aa common
There
commonsaying
sayingwhich
which runs
runsas
follows:
asfollows:
not feel
do not
feel that
"I do
that happiness
happinessconsists
consistsin the
the amassarnassment of aa fortune;
fortune; it is
ment
righteous
and
is the
godly
the righteousand godly
who are
happyl"
who
arehappy!"
3. Closely
Closely akin
3.
akin to
to the
the above
above in spiritual
spiritualand
and
devotional aspect
is the
devotional
aspectis
the remembrance
remembranceof Allah
(Glory be
be to
to Him), Lord and
(Glory
and Sustainer
Sustainer of the
the
Universe. Associated
Universe.
Associatedwith
with it are
are supplications,
supplications,
prayers,celebration
celebrationof Allah's
Allah's praises
praisesand
prayers,
recitaand recitation of the
the Glorious
tion
Glorious Qur'an.
Having seen
seenthe
the
Qur'an.Having
influence of faith
faith and
righteousness
on
influence
and righteousness
on man's
man's
characterand
character
life, we
we find
relevant here
here to
to cite
and life,
find it relevant
cite
two
two Qur'anic
verses which
which combine
the same
combinein the
same
Qur'anicverses
contextthe
righteousness
faith and
context
the elements
elementsof faith
and riqhteousness
with
with that
that of remembrance
remembrance of Allah:
Allah:
"Those
"Those who
who believe,
believe, and
and whose
whose hearts
hearts find
find
satisfaction in the
the remembrance
remembrance of Allah:
Allah: for
satisfaction
without
do
without doubt
doubt in the
the remembrance
remembrance of Allah do

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hearts find satisfaction.
satisfaction. For those
those who believe
believe and
and
hearts
(every)
righteousness, is (every) blessedness
blessedness and
and a
work righteousness,
of (final) retu
return."(Qur'an,13:28-29)
beautiful place
place of
m." (Qur'an,13:28-29)
beautiful

When man
man becomes
becomes conscious
conscious of
of the
the bounties
bounties
When
feels
him
and
Allah
upcn
and
favours
bestowed
upon
and
feels
by
bestowed
favours
and
that his
his very existence,
existence, body,
body, spirit,
spirit, intellects
intellects and
and
that
grantedto him out of generosity,
generosity, he
he
faculties are
faculties
are granted
his
Creator's
will
naturally
be
moved
to
celebrate
his
Creator's
wili naturally be moved celebrate
acquiresthis
grateful to Him. He acquires
this
praises and
praises
and be
be grateful
joy
inward
and
satisfaction
and
blessedness
and
inward
blessedness
anci
satisfaction
This
words. This
which
describein words.
is difficult to describe
which is
reciting
on reciting
is also
alsofelt on
blessedness
and
satisfactionis
and satisfaction
biessedness
(Glory be
be to
or listening
words of Allah (Glory
the words
listening to the
from aa
letter from
reading aa letter
Him).
and reading
Receiving and
Him). Receiving
your heart
heart
would fill your
respectwould
person
you love
personyou
love and
and respect
which could
could not
with comfort
happinesswhich
and happiness
comfort and
and
happinessand
compare
comfort, happiness
level of comfort,
to the
the level
compareto
words
feel
the
spiritual
bliss
that
one
would
feel
in
the
words
would
bliss
that
one
spiritual
(Glory be
to Him).
Him).
and
be to
nameof Allah (Glory
andname
His
and His
Shunning
remembrance of Allah and
Shunning the
the remembrance
man
humanity
deprives
of
revealed
message
to
humanity
deprives
man
revealedmessageto
causes
that
and satisfaction.
satisfaction.It causes
that transcendent
transcendentjoy and
spiritual
feeling
of
spiritual
constriction
in
the
chest,
a
feeling
a
the
chest,
constriction
desperate
void
life
anddesperate
desolateand
depression,aa desolate
void and
anddepression,
wrath and
andeternal
eternal
full
ultimatelywrath
full of worries,
worries,and
and ultimately
punishment
punishmentin
in the
Hereafter.
the Hereafter.

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"But whosoever
whosoeverturns
turnsaway
"But
awayfrom
from My
My Message,
Message,
Verily for
for him
him is
is aa life
life narrowed
Verily
narroweddown,
down, and
and\Ve
We
raisehim
shallraise
him up
up blind
shall
Day
of
Judgment."
blind on
on the
the Day of Judgment."
(Qur'an,20:124)
2A:L24)
(Qur'an,
4. Goodness
Goodnesstnd
4.
and Kindness
to Others:
Kindnessto
Others:
This emanates
emanatesfrom
from the
This
the very
very essence
essenceof faith.
faith.
Prophet
(Peace
Muhammad
Prophet Muhammad (Peace and
andblessings
blessingsbe
be upon
upon
him) said:
said:
him)
"All creatures
creaturesare
"All
of Allah,
are dependants
de.pendants
Allah, and
and the
the
most
favoured
most favoured among
among them
thenrby
Allah is
by Allah
is the
theone
one
who is
is most
most helpful
helpful to
who
to His
His dependants."
dependants."
(Nanatedby Tabarani,
Tabarani,Abu
Abu Naeem
(Narrated
Naeemand
and Bayhaqi)
Bayhaqi)
Thus, active
active faith
faith turns
turns man
Thus,
man into
into aa mercy
mercy to
to
himself
and
to
others.
himself and to others.
There are
are many
fonns and
There
many forms
manifestations of
and manifestations
gcodness
are based
goodness thar
that are
based on
the Muslim's
Muslim's being
being a
on the
mercy
mercy to humanity.
humanity. This
This is
is represented
represented by his
his
natural
natural inclination
inclination and
and keennes-s
keenness to save
save other
other
people
people from
from error
error and
and lead
lead them
them to
to salvation.
salvation.
However,
However, this
this can
can only be
be achieved
achieved if
if he
he is
is a reai
real
embodiment
his faith.
faith. The
The tendency
tendency tor,vards
towards
embodiment of his
kindness
kindness emanates
emanates from human
human reciprocal
reciprocal
relations;
relations; for man's
man's delight
delight depends
depends on the
the
delight
of
others
delight of others and
and vice
vice versa,
versa, and
and this
this
reciprocity
reciprocity provides
provides happiness
happiness for both
both the
the

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7
as a whole.
whole.
individual and
and the
the society
society as
individual
A Muslim's
Muslim's goodness
goodness is not only limited to
A
cover eveevebrothers in faith;
faith; but,
but, it also
also extends
extends to cover
brothers
ry
being,
human
or
otherwise.
ry being,human otherwise.
(Peace and
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad (Peace
blessings be
be
and blessings
Prophet
upon him) said:
said:
upon
"Every Muslim should
"Every
act of charity."
charity."
do an
an act
should do
peoplesaid.
"supposehe
said.
"Suppose
that? people
afford that?
he couldn't
couldn'tafford
give out
out
"Let him work with his
his hands
handsand
and give
charity,"
he answered.
answered.
charity," he
it? they
"supposehe
they said.
said.
"Suppose
afford it?
he couldn't
couldn'tafford
he
grievedand
"Let
needy,"he
"Lrt him help
help the
the grieved
and needy,"
answered.
answered.
"supposehe
"Suppose
it," they
theysaid.
said.
affort it,"
he couldn't
couldn'taffort
"Let him do
is an
"Let
goodand
avoidevil,
an act
act
andavoid
evil, it is
do good
of charity
him."
charityfor him."
(Narratedby Imam
Imam Bukhari)
Bukhari)
(Narrated
'

But such
andbe
be
sincerityand
must be
be based
basedon
on sincerity
charitymust
suchcharity
intention
free
hyprocrisy,bad
bad intention
from any
any kind of hyprocrisy,
free from
or
motives:
or ulterior
ulterior motives:
your charity
"O ye
charity
"0
ye who
not your
who believe!
Cancel not
believe!Cancel
generosityor
injury."
by
your generosity
or by
by injury."
reminders of your
by reminders
(Qur'an,2:264)
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2:264)

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79
Renunciation
5. Renunciation
of Too
Too Long-Term
Long-TermHopes
of
5.
Hopes
and Griefs
Griefsof
of the
thePast:
Past:
and
Many people
peoplespend
spendmost
mostof
Many
of their
theirtime
timeworrying
worrying
about their
their future
future life
life and
about
and keep
keep regretting
regrettingpast
past
mishaps.
They live
live in
in continuous
mishaps. They
continuous worry
worf and
and
misery.
mIsery.
goodsolution
solutionto
A good
to this
this source
sourceof worries
worriesis
is to
live
to live
within the
the limits
limits of today.
within
today.This
This does
doesnot
not mean
meanto
to
neglect
the
future
and stop
planning for
neglect the future and
stop planning
for it,
it, nor
nor
doesit involve
involve failure
failure to
to draw
draw lessons
does
lessonsfrom
from past
past
experiences.
aims at
at ridding
ridding our
experiences.
It aims
our life
life of obsesobsession
futile cares
caresthat
sion with futile
that lead
lead us
us only
onlv to
to stress
stress
andfrustrations.
frustrations.
and
According to one
one thinker:
thinker:
According
"We
shouldnot
not look forward
forward to a goal
"We should
goal that
that looks
looks
faint in the
the distance;
distance; in fact,
fact, we have
have to comcomplete
plete the
the clear
clear works
works that
that we have
have in hand."
hand."
Another
Another says:
says:
"Life
"Life is short,
short, we must
must not make
make it shorter
shorter bv
by care
care
and
and troubles."
troubles."
Living within the
the limits
limits of
of today
today is consistent
consistent with
the
the sayings
sayings of
of Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad (Peace
(Peace and
and
blessings
blessings be
be upon
upon him):
him):
"He who is safe
safe (in his
his home),
home), healthy
healthy (in his
body),
body), with
with enough
enough provisions
provisions for
for the
the day,
day, is
is like
like
one
one who
who possesses
possesses everything
everything in
in the
the world."
world."

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of happy
happy life
life
You will
will possess
possess the
the basic
basic elements
elements of
You
of
requirements
the
if
you
acquire
the
requirements
of
in
this
world
in this world if you acquire
safe and
and happy
happy living
living such
such as:
as:
safe
1. Physical
Physical (residential,
(residential, social,
social, political
political
1.
and
security;
security;
military)
and
Health security;
security; and
and
2. Health
Food security.
security.
3. Food
So why worry? If
If you let yourself
yourself be
be haunted
haunted
So
fears and
and worries
worries about
about the
the future
future all the
the
with fbars
present.
enjoy
the
to
time,
be able
able to enjoy the present.
not be
you will not
time, you
lessons
draw lessons
problem, and
anddraw
Plan
no problem,
future, no
the future,
Planfor the
worrytoo absorbed
absorbedin worryfrom
be too
neverbe
past,but never
the past,
from the
on
much on
too much
ing
future life or dwell too
ing about
about your future
your
past
glories
or
shortcomings.
glories
shortcomings.
your past
peace
and peace
safety and
the safety
Some
people understimate
understimatethe
Somepeople
gryat
these
scorn
they
enjoy.
They
may
even
scorn
these
great
they enjoy.They may even
misfortheir misforof their
effectsof
favours
theeffects
exaggeratethe
andexaggerate
favbursand
and aa
reality
of
is
a
denial
of
reality
and
tunes.
This
contempt
is
a
denial
contempt
tunes. This
individual.
the individual.
life of
of the
major
the life
spoilsthe
factor that
that spoils
major factor
the
on the
not
dependent
is
is
relative
and
is
not
dependent
on
Happiness
and
relative
is
Happiness
is
deprived
who
manwho is deprived
of
degree
wealthyman
A wealthy
wealth.A
of wealth.
degr-ee
while aa
misery, while
of misery,
life of
of
leadsaa life
contentment leads
of contentment
life
hislife
lead
will
means
of
average
or
low
means
will
lead
his
man
low
man of averageor

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happily
he isis contented
contented
happily ifif he
and
and has
has aa realistic
realistic
view
in life.
life. What
What helps
helps man
view in
man to
get rid
to get
rid of
of
frets and
andworries
worriesisisaacomplete
completetrust
frets
in
his
Bountitrust in his Bountiful, Almighty
Almighty Lord.
Lord.
ful,
The Holy
Holy Qur'an
pointedout
The
out the
the benefits
benefitsof
Qur'anpointed
of faith
faith
and
(Glory
trustin
in Allah
Allah (Glory be
and trust
beto
to him
him ).).
"And for
for him
him who
(andobserves
who fears
fearsAllah
"And
Allah (and
observes
his-duty
to
Allah),
(ever)
He
his duty to Allah), He (ever) prepares
preparesaa way
way out,
our,
and He
He provides
providesfor
for him
him from
(sources)he
and
from (sources)
he never
never
couldexpect.
expect.And
And whoever
whoeverputs
putshis
could
his trust
trustin Allah,
Allah,
He
will
sufficehim.
him. For
For Allah
Allah will surely
He
suffice
surelyaccomaccom_
plish.His
purpose.Verily for all
His purpose.
plish
all things
thingshas
has Allah
Allah
appointed
proportion."
a
due
appointed a due proportion." (Qur'an
6S:OZ-I)
leur'an 65:02-3)
It is
trust that,
that, at
at once,
once, fills one
one with
is this
this kind of trust
peace
of
mind
mind and
and contentment
contentment along
along with the
the
peace
realization
realization that
that everything
everything is
is within
within thJpower
the power of
Allah (the
(the Creator)
Creator) and
and drives
drives one
one to be
be more
more
optimistic
optimistic about
about life, active
active and
and hadrworkins
hadrworking ., not
idle or suffering
suffering from inertia.
inertia.
Speaking
Speaking of
of short-term
short-term hopes
hopes and
and aspira-tions,
aspira-tions,
let's
cite
the
following
invaluable
of the
the
let's cite the following invaluable woids
words of
holy
holy Prophet
Prophet (Peace
(Peace and
and blessings
blessings be
be upon
upon him):
him):
"When
"When you
you pass
pass the
the day
day and
and arrive
arrive at
at the
the evening,
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do not
not expect
expect that
that you
you will
will pass
pass night
night and
and hope
hope to
to
do
the
in
you
arrive
reach
morning,
and
when
you
arrive
in
the
when
and
moming,
reach
morning do
do not
not look
look forward
forward to
to the
the evening'
evening.
morning
While in
in health,
health, be
be ready
ready for
for illness,
illness, and
and while
while
While
Imam
(
by
Narrated
alive,
prepare
for
death.'
(
Narrated
by
Imam
death.'
alive,prepare for
Bukhari)
Bukhari)
of human
human life, the
the Prophet
Prophet
the transience
transience of
On the
(Peace and
and blessing
blessing be upon
upon him) said:
said:
(Peace
am in this
this world like a rider
rider who
who halts
halts in the
the
"I am
taking
after
tree for a short
short time,
time, and
and after taking
shade of a tree
shade
joumey
the tree
tree
leaves the
and
some
rest
resumes
his
journey
and
leaves
his
resumes
rest
some
behind."
(Narrated
by
Tirmidhi)
behind." (NarratedbY

the
meaning of the
real meaning
You
the real
appreciatethe
would appreciate
You would
life
of
reality
thereality
on the
above
life
meditateon
you meditate
words if you
abovewords
some
for
lasts
that
and
conceive
of
it
as
a
film
that
lasts
for
some
a
as
conceive
and
life'
episodeof life.
or episode
time
life or
whole life
presentingaa whole
time presenting
.Ilne
Days
follows: Days
is as
asfollows:
life is
The similitude
humanlife
of human
iimilituds of
grow old
old
you
when
go
by
like
a
film
and
when
you
grow
and
film
like
a
go by
you
review
pastlife,
life, you review itit
and
your past
on your
backon
iook back
Ind look
does
thisdoes
Yet , this
movie .. Yet,
like
excitingmovie
anexciting
watchingan
like watching
from
distracted
be
not
imply
that
man
should
be
distracted
from
should
impll' that man
not
legitimate
leading
legitimate
or entertaining
entertaining
life or
activelife
an active
leading an
mea-ns
simplymeans
aspirations
of
future.ItIt simply
for the
thefuture.
life for
of life
aspiratlons
the
plan
for
life
and
your
that
live your life and plan for the
youcan
alwayslive
canalways
thatyou
let
butlet
persistence,
and persistence,
future
but
confidenceand
with confidence
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everything be
be in
in your
your hand
everything
handand
anddo
do not
not allow
allow
anything
in
theworld
world to
possess
anything in the
your
to possess
your heart
heartand
and
dominateyou
you like
like aa slave.
dominate
slave.Be
Be aa master
masterof
yourof yourselfby
by controlling
controlling your
your desires
self
desiresbut
but not
not the
theother
other
way
round.
way round.
ProphetMuhammad
(Peaceand
Muhammad(Peace
Prophet
andblessing
blessingbe
be upon
upon
him
was
qouted
him)) was qouted as
assaying:
saying:
"May he
he perish
perishwho
who is
is the
"May
the slave
slaveof dinar
dinar and
and
dirham* of black
black and
dirham*
of
cloth.
**
and striped
stripedsheets
sheets cloth.**
(Reported
Imam Bukhari
by Imam
Bukhari)
(Reported by
essential pre-reqUISite
pre-requisiteof happiness
An essential
happinessis
is the
the
understanding
the role
role of man
of the
in
this
world
and
understanding
man in this world and
his position
positionand
and function
functionas
his
as aa servant
servantof Allah
Allah on
on
the one
one hand,
hand,and
and aa trustee
the
trusteeof Allah
Allah on
on earth
earthon
on
the other
other hand.
hand. Thus,
Thus, man
the
be ruled
man would
would be
ruled and
and
guided
guided by divine
divine light
light and
and would
would behave
behave with
with
a
a sense
sense of responsibility.
responsibility. So
So a Muslim
Muslim strives
strives to
to
make
the
best
make the best of his
his time
time to
to produce
produce for himself
himself
and
and other
other people
people what
what is useful
useful for tl'rem
them ,and
,and to
prepare
himself
for
the
prepare himself
the future
future both
both in this
this life
* Dinar and Dirham: currency
* Dinar and Dirham: currency used
used during
during the
the tirne
time of
of the
the prophet
Prophet
(Peacc
(Peace and
and blessing
blessing be
be upon
upon him),
him), which
which rcscmbles
resembles thc
the 'dollar
'dollar and
and
cenls"
cenL," or
or thc'pounfl
the 'pound and
and pence.
pence.
** Black
Black and
and antl
and stripc.rt
striped shccrs
sheets of
of cloth:
cloth: prccious
precious cloth,
cloth, syrnbolizing
symbolizing

**

Iuxury
luxury ciothes
clothes and
and cos{.umcs.
costumes.

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and in
in the
the Hereafter.
Hereafter. Listen
Listen to
to this
this golden
golden rule
rule of
of
and
Messenger
Allah's
happiness in the
the words
words of
of Allah's Messenger
happiness
(Peace and
and blessing
blessing be
be upon
upon him ):
(Peace
"Take advantage
advantage of
of five before
before five: your youth
youth
"Take
before your senility;
senility; your health
health before
before your
before
sickness; your wealth
wealth before
before your poverty;
poverty;
sickness;
your
life
and,
your
leisure
before
your
occupation;
and,
your
your leisurebeforeyour occupation;
before your death."
death."
before
Hakim))
(Reported by Imams
Imams Ahmad,
Ahmad, Baihaqi
Baihaqi and
and Hakim
(Reported
be used
used
man, should
shouldbe
Youth,
prime of man,
is the
the prime
which is
Youth, which
strife;
competition
in fruitful and
constructive
competition
strife;
and constructive
should
health,
golden opportunity
opportunity in life, should
the golden
health,the
is
wealth,
diseases;
of
diseases;
wealth,
is
used
for
the
prevention
prevention
the
used
profor
be used
used
also
promust be
which must
opportunitywhich
an opportunity
alsoan
is aa major
major
which is
tection
leisure,which
poverty; leisure,
from poverty;
tection from
must be
world, must
be
problem
our contemporary
contemporaryworld,
problem of our
must
and must
responsibilityand
treated
senseof responsibility
with aa sense
treatedwith
are
constructive
be
used
only
for
activities
which
are
constructive
which
for
activities
only
used
be
is the
life is
the
whole life
and
the whole
finally, the
and,finally,
worthwhile; and,
andworthwhile;
provision
make provision
greatest
man to
for man
to make
greatestopportunity
opportunityfor
in the
journey
the
world,
future
for
the
final
journey
into
the
future
world,
in
into
the
for the final
Will.
DivineWill.
Hereafter
with
with the
theDivine
in accordance
accordance
Hereafterin
andthe
the
Preparation
Day of
Judgmentand
of Judgment
for the
the Day
Preparation for
involve
not involve
doesnot
attainment
happinessdoes
eternalhappiness
of eternal
attainmentof
full
the
requires
It
life.
of
this
worldly
life.
It
requires
the
full
the
neglect
worldly
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the neglectof

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exploitationand
improvementof
andimprovement
exploitation
of our
our society
societyas
as
well
as
the
building
well as the building of
of aa lofty
lofty civilization
civilizarionbased
based
on the
the Divine
Divine Guidance
Guidance as
on
as revealed
revealedby
by Aliah
Allah
unto His
His Messenger,
Messenger,Muhammad
(Peace and
Muhammad (Peace
unto
and
blessingbe
beupon
uponhim)
him ) ..
blessing
6. A major
major source
sourceof discontent
6.
discontentand
andunhappiness
unhappiness
is the
the feeling
feeling of inadequacy
inadequacyand
is
and incapability,
incapability,
while opulent
opulent people
people enjoy
while
enjoy the
pleasures and
thepleasures
and
luxury
life.
of
The
most effective
luxury
life. The most
effective solution
solutionto
to
such aa source
sourceof uneasiness
uneasinessand
such
and suffering
sufferingis
is to
to
forgetabout
peoplewith
aboutpeople
with higher
forget
of living;
higherstandard
srandard
living;
you compare
for if
if you
compareyourself
yourselfwith such
for
peopleyou
suchpeople
you
only incur
incur misery.
misery. You
will only
You would
would find
find solace
solace
when you
you dicover
dicoverthat
you are
when
that you
areendpwed
endgwedwith more
more
blessings by Allah than
blessings
than many
many others.
orhers.We
We have
have
alreadybeen
to this
this golden
golden rule
rule given
given by
already
been guided
guided to
Prophet
(Peaceand
Prophet Muhammad
Muhammad (Peace
blessings be
be upon
upon
and blessings
him
following words:
him)) in the
the following
words:
"Look at
at those
those inferior
inferior to
to you,
you, and
and do
do not look
look at
at
those
you. Thereby,
Thereby, you
you would
would be
be able
able
those superior
superior to you.
to appreciate
appreciate better
better the
the benevolence
benevolence of
of Allah
bestowed
bestowed upon
upon you."
you." (Narrated
(Narrated by Imams
Imams Bukhari
Bukhari
and
Muslim)
and Muslim)
On another
another occasion
occasion the
the Messenger
Messenger of Allah
(Peace
him)) said:
said:
(Peace and
and blessing
blessing be
be upon
upon him

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"When any
any of
of you
you happens
happens to see
see one
one on whom
whom
"When
Allah has
has bestowed
bestowed more
more riches
riches and
and a finer
finer phyphyinferior to him
sique, he should
should look at one
one who is inferior
sique,
this respect)."
respect)." (Narrated
(Narrated by Imam
Imam Bukhari)
Bukhari)
(in this

A Muslim is generally
generally satisfied
satisfied with his
his lot from
A
regarding such
such matters
matters which fall outside
outside
Allah regarding
and beyond
beyond his
his means
means and
and ability.
ability. This,
This, however,
however,
and
does not
not indicate
indicate any
any defeatist
defeatist attitude
attitude or fatalism
fatalism
does
its passive
passive denotation;
rather, a Muslim
Muslim
denotation; rather,
in its
enjoysa
and enjoys
exercises
his free
actively and
free will actively
exerciseshis
faith, a
his faith,
dynamic
personality. As
As part
part of his
dynamic personality.
and in
Judgmentand
Muslim
Day of Judgment
the Dayof
believesin the
Muslim believes
relief in cases
cases
giveshim
him relief
the
which gives
Divine Justice
Justicewhich
the Divine
justice.
fulfilment of justice.
where
the fulfilment
no way
way to
to the
he finds
finds no
wherehe
is ephemeral
ephemeral
After
world is
this world
everythingin this
After all,
all, everything
possessions
worldly
is
not
the
worldly
possessions
and
what
matters
not
is
the
and what matters
the
for the
preparationfor
one
right preparation
the right
hold but
but the
may hold
onemay
guided
faithful and
and guided
Hereafter,
the faithful
which the
in which
Hereafter, in
Bliss,
Abode of Bliss,
believer
EternalAbode
into the
the Eternal
entersinto
believerenters
This
misery.This
where
or misery.
no bitterness
bittemessor
be no
shallbe
wherethere
thereshall
and
consolation
fact
gives
him
a
complete
consolation
and
complete
gives
him
a
fact
is conscious
he is
conscious
relieves
.Forhe
his suffering
suffering.For
him of his
relieveshim
justice
prevail
will
of
the
fact
that
on
that
day
justice
will
prevail
day
on
that
that
fact
the
of
and
his
due,
and
receivehis due, and
ableto
to receive
will be
beable
everybodywill
andeverybody
him or
or boast
boast
wronghim
no
on
him, wrong
on him,
will trespass
trespass
no one
onewill
protect
lot
to
a
over
him.
This
awareness
helps
a
lot
to
protect
helps
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man from much
much anxiety
anxiety and
and uneasiness.
uneasiness.
man
matters of religion,
religion, piety
piety and
and acquisition
acquisition of
In matters
knowledge, we
we had
had better
better look at
at those
those superior
superior
knowledge,
to us
us in good
good deeds,
deeds, upright
upright behaviour
behaviour and
and in the
the
pursuit of useful
useful knowledge.
knowledge.
pursuit

better understanding
understanding of things
things
7. Building
Building of better
7.
misconceptions and
and superssupersand
getting rid of misconceptions
and getting
and
titions deliver
deliver man
man from
ignorance, illusions
illusions and
from ignorance,
titions
and
baseless worries
worries that
that spoil
his tranquility
tranquility and
spoil his
baseless
happiness. On the
the contrary,
ignorance of realities
realities
happiness.
contrary,ignorance
and draw
draw
entices
wrong avenues
peopleto
take wrong
avenuesand
to take
enticespeople
sufferings.
them
and undue
unduesufferings.
ridiculesand
into troubles,
troubies,ridicules
them into
who
Take,
child who
case of aa child
instance,the
the case
Take, for instance,
the case
case
develops
tameanimals,
animals,or the
fear of certain
certaintame
developsfear
get scared
harmless
of some
who get
scaredof harmless
women who
some women
are
men who
who are
creatures
somemen
even the
the case
caseof some
creaturesor even
that
haunted
by the
thebelief
belief that
omensor
or by
fearof bad
bad omens
hauntedby fear
would
notionswould
men
evil. Such
Suchnotions
intrinsicallyevil.
men are
are intrinsically
to behave
behave
undoubtedly
individual to
the individual
cause the
undoubtedly cause
which
life which
erroneously
miserablelife
lead aa very
very miserable
and lead
erroneouslyand
and
his
character
may
have
unwelcome
effects
on
his
character
and
on
may have unwelcomeeffects
leadto
the development
development
environment.
may lead
to the
They may
environment.They
halanxiety,halof such
anxiety,
depression,
asdepression,
abnormalitiesas
suchabnormalities
etc.
psychosis,
neurosis,
lucination,
neurosis,
psychosis, etc.
lucination,schizophrenia,
schizophrenia,
happiness
way to
isis
8.
to happiness
on the
theway
step on
importantstep
8. One
Oneimportant

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to work
work towards
towards halTI10ny
to
harmonywithin
within oneself
oneselfand
andwith
with
the outward
outward world:
world: in the
the
school,
in
the
the family,
family, at
school,
in
at
the
office,in
in society
societyand
generally,in
office,
andmore
moregenerally,
in humanity.
humanity.
The achievement
achievementof such
harmony requires
The
such halTI10ny
requiresthe
the
personality
building
up of one's
one'spersonality so
building up
so as
as to
to become
become
stable,confident,consistent,flexible
stable,
and
confident,consistent,flexible
andadaptable.
adaptable.
Character building
Character
building could
could be
be achieved
achievedby
adopting the
adopting
the Islamic
Islamic educational
educationalsystem
system which
which
helps man
man to
to acquire
helps
acquireaa balanced
perbalancedand
and sound
soundpersonalityand
sonality
andco-exist
co-exist and
and adapt
adapthimself
himself easily
easily
people and
to other
other people
to
and things
things around
aroundhim so
so that
that he
he
could help
help to
to create
createaa happy
happyenvironment.
could
environment.
9.Accessto
to happiness
happinesscan
9.Access
can also
also be
be obtained
obtained
through several
several factors
factors necessary
through
necessaryfor aa sucsuccessful and
happy life,
and happy
life, namely:
good health,
cessful
namely: good
health,
(constructive)reasoning
time, affluence
affluenceand
and sound
time,
sound(constructive)
reasoning
provided,
however,
provided, however, that
that these
these are
are supplemented
supplemented
with inner
inner wealth
wealth through
through spiritual
guidance withspiritualguidance
out which
suchelements
elementswould
out
which such
would be
be only
only a source
source
and destruction.
destruction.Without
of evil and
Without the
the inner
inner wealth
wealth
and contentment,
contentment,all riches
this
and
riches and
treasures of this
and treasures
world would
suffice to make
would not suffice
make a man
man happy.
happy.
Islam
Islam takes
takes a positive
positive view of life with virtue
virtue
lying not in shunning
of Allah bur
but in
shunning the
the bounties
bounties of
enjoying
of
them
enjoying
them
the framework
framework of
within the

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"righteous living"
"righteous
living" through
through which
which Islam
Islam seeks
seeks
to
promote
human
welfare:
promote
humanwelfare:
to
"O ye
"0
ye who
who believe!
believe! Make
Make not
not unlawful
unlawful the
the
good
things which
which Allah hath
hath made
made lawful for
good things
not
you,but
you,but commit
loveth not
no excess:
commit no
excess:for Allah loveth
those
givento
to excess.
excess.
thosegiven
"Eat of the
provided
"Eat
which Allah
Allah hath
hath provided
things which
the things
good;but
Whom
for you,
you, lawful
fear Allah,
Allah, in Whom
lawful and
but fear
andgood;
(Qur'an,5:87-88)
you
you believe."
5:87-88)
believe."(Qur'an,

Islam
on the
the
lays aa lot of stress
and emphasis
emphasison
Islam also
stressand
also lays
need
both
need for simultaneous
simultaneous enrichment
enrichment of both
infused
material
spiritual
values
to
be
deeply
infused
values
be
deeply
materialand
spiritual
and
into
life.
into the
the individual's
individual'slife.
10.
is based
basedon
on cooperation
cooperationand
and
10. Social
Social solidarity
solidarityis
the
presence of altruism
altruism and
and civil spirit.
spirit. Such
Such
the presence
elements
force
were never
never deep-rooted
deep-rootedand
and in full force
elementswere
anywhere
were in the
the early
early
as they
they were
the world
world as
anywherein the
lofty
and lofty
ideal
That civilized
civilized and
Muslim society.
society. That
ideal Muslim
faith
of
the
active
faith
society
was
a
living
reflection
active
was
living
reflection
the
a
society
of Muslim
commandments
the commandments
Muslim believers
believersand
and of the
His last
last
revealed
preached by His
Allah and
and preached
revealed by Allah
(Peace
Prophet
and
Muhammad (Peace and
humanity, Muhammad
Prophet to
to humanity,
was
blessings
result,of course,
course,was
him); the
be upon
upon him);
the result,
blessingsbe
prosperityand
collective
happiness.
andhappiness.
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Read with
with me:
me:
Read
"Help ye
ye one
"Help
and
one another
anotherin
in righteousness
righteousness
and
piety, but
ye not
not one
piety,
but help
help ye
one another
anotherin sin
sin and
and
(Qur'an,5:3)
rancour."(Qur'an,5:3)
rancour."
"A believer
is like
like aa brick
for another
believer is
brick for
another
believer,the
believer,
the one
onesupporting
supportingthe
the other."
other."
(Reportedby Imams
ImamsBukhari
Bukhariand
(Reported
Muslim)
andMuslim)
"The similitude
"The
similitudeof believers
regarCto
believersin regard
mutual
to mutual
love, affection,
feilow-feelingis
love,
affection,and
and fellow-feeling
is that
that of one
one
body;
body; when
when any
any limb of it aches,
aches,the
the whole
whole body
body
and
aches,
a c h e s ,because
b e c a u s eof
o f sleeplessness
sl e e p l e ssn e ss
a n d fever."
fever ."
(Repcrtedby Imams
ImamsBukhari
Bukhariand
(Reported
and Muslim)
Muslim)
"None of you
you is
perfect believer
"None
is aa perfect
until he
he
believeruntil
his brother
desires
desiresfor his
brotherbeliever
beiiever that
which he
he dethat which
de(Reportedby Imams
himself." (Reported
sires
siresfor himself."
ImamsBukhari
Rukhari
and
Muslim)
andMuslim)
"A Muslim
Musiim owes
owessix
six obligations
obligationstowards
towards
another
anotherMuslim,
Muslirn,namely:
namely:
you meet
1. When
Wlien you
nleet him,
greethim
1.
him, greet
him by
saying: Peace
Peacebe
you;
saying:
be on
on you;
2. vVhen
When he
he invites
invite-syou,
you, you
you should
2.
should
ht i s invitation;
i n vi ta ti o n :
accept
a c c e phis
your advice,
Whenhe
he solicits
3.
3. When
solicitsyour
advice,advise
advise
hiin
him sincerely;
sincerely;
4.
4. When
When he
he sneezes
and praises
praises Allah,
Allah,
sneezes
and
respond
respond with supplication:
May
supplication:May
Allah have
have mercy
mercy on
on you;
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you should
5.
he falls
Whenhe
falissick,
shouldvisit
visit
5. When
sick,you
him;
him; and,
and,
6.
6. When
Whenhe
he dies,
his funeral."
funeral."
dies,join his
(Reportedby Imam
(Reported
Imam Muslim)
Muslim)
"Onewho
"One
who believes
Allah and
the Day
Day of
believesin Allah
and the
hardshipand
Judgment
Judgmentmust
must not
not cause
causehardship
and inconveninconvenience
he who
who believes
ience to
his neighbor;
neighbor;and
and he
believes in
to his
guest.
Allah
Allah and
the Last
Last Day
Day must
rnusthonour
honourhis
his guest,
and the
and
he who
who believes
Day of
and he
believes in Allah and
and the
the Day
well or
keepquiet!"
quiet!"
Judgment
Judgmentmust
mustspeak
speakwell
or keep
(Narratedby Imams
(Narrated
imams Bukhari
Bukhariand
andMuslim)
Muslim)
Al-Khattatr, the
Omar
Omar bin AI-Khattab,
the second
secondCaliph
Caliph after
after
(Peaceand
Muharnmad (Peace
the
death of Prophet
Prophet Muhammad
the death
and
blessings
fat and
meat
blessingsbe
be upon
uponhim),
him), refused
refusedto
eatfat
andmeat
to eat
peopiehave
until
until all
all people
havehad
had enought
enoughtto
to eat.
eat.
A society
of education
and
alsocietywith
with such
standards
education
andalsuchstandards
truistic
solidarity
and
harmonious
truisticspirit,
harmonious
spirit,with
with such
and
suchsolidarity
relations,with
re-lations,
with such
mannersand
suchexcellent
excellentmanners
and selfselfsacrifice,
sacrifice,such
suchaa society
is really
reallyaa very
very happy
happyone.
societyis
one.
11. Stability
persr:nalityis
11.
Stabilityof the
humanpersonality
is one
one of
the human
inthe
elements
both
theessential
essential
elementsof happiness
happiness
theinbothon
on the
we
dividual
and the
the collective
levels.How
How could
dividualand
coliectivelevels.
could we
attain
personality?Let's
Let's
well-balancedpersonality?
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referto
the words
refer
to the
wordsof Allah
in the
Allah in
the Glorious
GloriousQur'an
Qur'an
and trace
tracesome
someof the
and
of
importantconstituents
the important
constituents
suchcharacter:
character:
such
Seekingguidance
guidancefrom
** Seeking
from the
the Holy
Holy Qur'an:
Qur'an:
"Verily this
this Qur'an
"Verily
guideto
doth guide
to that
that which
which is
is
Qur'andoth
(or stable)....
mostright
most
"(Qura'n,, 17:9)
right(or
stable)...."(Qura'n
ll:9)
Forbearanceand
** Forbearance
and

deliberation:
deliberation: Haste
Haste is
is aa
dangerto
to the
the stability
danger
stabilityof human
humancharacter.
character.Man
Man irt
irt
his haste
hastemay
may unwittingly
his
evil
for
good.
unwittinglymistake
mistakeevil for good.
Hasteand
andimpatience,
impatience,due
Haste
failureto
dueto
to failure
to attain
attainone's
one's
ambitionsor
or desires,
ambitions
desires,may
may move
move one
one to
pray for
to pray
for
evil
instead
good
evil instead of good or be
be contented
contentedwith
with the
the
immediatelittle
little gain
gainand
give up
immediate
greaterfuture
and give
up the
the greater
future
g a rn .
gain.
child is
born with
** A child
is born
with an
intact nature
nature that
that grows
grows
an intact
in aa stable
upright manner
manner until
until he/she
he/she reaches
reaches
stableupright
maturity.
maturity. Deviation
Deviation of the
the character
character takes
takes place
place as
as
extemalfactors.
aa result
result of external
Therefore, the
the Qur'an
factors.Therefore,
Qur'an
provides
provides remedial
remedial doses
the achievement
dosesfor the
achievementof
character
character stability
stability and
and virtuousness,
virtuousness, and
and the
the
treatment
treatment of evils
evils of deviation
deviation and
and corruption
corruption
before
control. It has
has made
made
before they
they become
become out
out of control.
clear
clear the
the straight
straight path
path of righteousness
righteousness and
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warned

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against the
waysof error.
against
the ways
error. Moreover,
Moreover,it has
hasalso
also
pointedout
out that
man is
is endowed
pointed
that man
with the
faculty
endowedwith
the faculty
distinguishing
right from
from wrong.
wrong.
of distinguishing
right
"By the
the soul,
proportionand
soul, and
and the
the proportion
andorder
order
givento
iU"
given
it;"
to
"And its
its enlightenment
enlightenmentas
its wrong
wrong and
as to
to its
and its
its
right;"
right;"
"Truly he
purifiesit,"
"Truly
that
he succeeds
succeeds
thatpurifies
it,"
"And he
"And
"(Qur'an 91:7-10)
he fails
fails that
thatcorrupts
it!"(Qur'an
comrptsit!
91:7-10)
passagedraws
The above
abovepassage
The
drawsthe
the attention
attentionof man
man to
to
the role
role of self-purification
the
self-purificationand
stabilizationin
and stabilization
the achievement
achievemen[of success
the
successand
and happiness.
happiness.Man
Man
leam and
shouldlearn
should
that
prosandunderstand
understand
thathis
his success,
prossuccess,
perity and
perity
and salvation
salvationdepend
dependon
himself, on
on himself,
on his
his
keepinghis
his soul
pure as
keeping
soulas
as pure
as Allah
Allah has
hasmade
madeit;
it; on
on
the other
failure,decline
otherhand,his
hand,hisfailure,
perdition
the
decline and
and perdition
dependon
his soiling
on his
soilinghis
his soul
depend
soulby choosing
choosingevil.
evil.

**

An outstanding
outstandingfeature
feature of a well-balanced
well-balanced
personality
fields of life in
personality is
is moderation
moderation in all
all fields
general
and in the
financialfield
general and
the financial
particular.
field in particular.
"And
"And render
render to
to the
the kindred
kindred their
their due
due rights,
rights, as
as
(also)
(also) to
to those
those in want,
want, and
and to the
the wayfarer:
wayfarer: but
but
squander not
not (your
(your wealth)
wealth) in the
the manner
manner of a
squander
spendthrift."
spendthrift." (Qur'an,
(Qur'an, 17:26)
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"Make not
(like aa niggard's)
"Make
not thy
hand tied
tied (like
niggard's)to
to thy
thy
thy hand
neck,
neck, nor stretch
to its
its utmost
reach,so
stretch it i:tlrth
utmost reach,
so
!-rrth to
that
become blameworthy
and destitute."
destitute."
that thou
thou become
blameworthy and
(Ibid, 17:29)
(Ibid,
17:29)
not to
lavish as
We
We are
so lavish
as to
to make
make ourselves
ourselves
are not
to be
be so
destitute
incur the
wise men,
men,
destituteand
and incur
the just censure
censureof wise
to
keep
back
our
resources
from
nor
nor is
is it becoming
keep
back
our
resources
from
becomingto
just
our
the
needs
the
needsof those
who have
have aa right
right to
to our
those who
help.
help.
keepsman
man away
** A stable
from degradegracharacterkeeps
away from
stablecharacter

lying,
dation
crimes, such
such as
lying, murder,
murder,
dation and
and crimes,
as
suicide,
adultery, drug
drug addiction,
fraud, rape,
rape,
addiction,fraud,
suicide, adultery,
robbery,
usury and
other sins
robbery,theft,
theft, usury
and other
sins which
which are
are in
personality and
contradiction
stable personality
and
contradiction with aa stable
ideprivethe
Ideprive
its stability
peace.
stabilityand
andpeace.
the society
societyof its
peaceand
12.
12.The
T\e feeling
feelingof peace
andsecurity
securityor
freedom
from fear
andanxiety.
anxietlz.
freedomfrom
fearand

Happines
from inside
insidethe
humanmind
mind and
Happinessprings
springsfrom
the human
and
peaceof the
psychoheart.
heart.Therefore,
Therefore,peace
the mind
mind and
and psychoplay a major
role in the
logical
major role
the attainment
attainment
iogicalsecurity
securityplaya
peoplecould
find
of happiness.
Many
wealthypeople
could not
not find
happiness.
Many wealthy
luxury
the
way
to
happiness
despite
the
luxury
they
way
despite
they
the
to happiness
the
'lhat
enjoy.
iack of the
aforesaid
enjoy.That is
is due
due to
to their
their lack
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factor.At
At the
the same
sametime,
time,many
factor.
manypeople
peoplewho
who lack
lack
the
luxury.of
life
enjoysuch
the luxury of life enjoy
suchinner
inner security
securityand
and
throughthis
this they
they experience
experienceaa great
through
great deal
aeal of
of
happiness.
happiness.
Peaceof
of mind
mind and
andthe
the feeling
feelingof
Peace
of security
securitycould
could
be
achieved
getting
by
be - achieved by getting rid
rid of
of fear
fear and
and anxiety,
inxiety,
andobservance
observance
peopleof
by people
and
by
of their
their duties
dutiesto
to their
theii
Almighty Lord,
Lord, moved
movedsimultaneously
Almighty
by
fear
simultaneously
by fearof
Allah
and
love
for Him.
Him. This
This would
Allah and love for
would make
mike them
them
keepaway
awayfrom
from all
all forms
forms of agression
and
keep
agression
andharm,
harm,
thus causing
causing peace
peace and
thus
and security
security to
prevail in
to prevail
society.The
The feeling
feeling of security
securityis
society.
is boosted
boostedby the
the
awareness
that Allah
Allah continuously
continuouslywatches
awareness
that
over
watchesover
everyhuman
humanact
act and
andbehaviour.
every
behaviour.
"Allah ever
"Allah
ever watches
watches over
over you."(eur'an,
you."(Qur'an, 4:l)
4:1)
Security
may
Security
may also
also be
be stablished
stablished and
and strestrengthened
by
mutual
ngthened
mutual mercy
mercy and
and sympathy
sympathy and
and
caring
of society
society badly
badly in neeO
need of
of
caring for sectors
sectors of
protection
patronage
protection and
and
patronage such
such as
as orphans.
orphans.
Organization
Organization of
of family
family affairs
affairs helps
helps aiso
also to
to
remove
remove the
the causes
causes of
of anxiety.
anxiety. Read
Read the
the following
following
verse
verse from
from the
the holy
holy Qur'an
Qur'an on
on the
the wife-husbani
wife-husband
relationship:
relationship:
"...and
"...and among
among His
His (Allah's)
(Allah's) signs
signs is
is this,
this, that
that He
He

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created for
for you
you mates
mates from
from among
among yourselves,yourselves,
created
that ye
ye miy
may dwell
dwell in
in tranquility
tranquility with
with them,
them, and
and
that
(hearts):
your
put
love
and
mercy
between
your
(hearts):
He
has
between
mercy
and
put
love
He has
veril y in
in that
that are
are Signs
Signs for
for those
those who
who reflect.''
reflect."
verily
(Qur'an,
(Q
u r' a n30:21)
,30:21)
It is this
this mutual
mutual relationship
relationship of
of iove,
love, mercy
mercy and
and
It
to
the
security
of
affection
that
gives
the
sense
security
the
sense
gives
the
affection that
this
who
enjoy
whole family,
family, including
including children
children
enjoy this
whole
This
parents'
their
under
the
protection
their
parents.
This
sense
of
protection
the
senseunder
society,
in
Islamic
relationship
is
well-organized
Islamic
society,
relationship'iswell-organized
obligations_
andobligations
rightsand
including
prescription of rights
the prescription
includingthe
stability
so
that
family
member
of
the
family
so
that
stability
for every
the
every member
may
lives.
their lives.
prevailin their
may prevail

founthe foundown the

laid down
On
Islam laid
scope,Islam
larger scope,
On aa larger
by
in society
society by
peace in
of security
dations
and peace
security and
dations bf
and
rules and
fair rules
establishing
and fair
comprehensive-and
establishing comprehensive
social,
moral,
regulations
for
all
human
affairs:
moral,
social,
regulations for all human affairs:
of
fields of
and other
otherfields
political,
economicand
military, economic
po-litical,military,
human
endeavour.
humanendeavour.
the
relievesthe
and relieves
souland
13.
purifies
purifiesthe
thesoul
Repentance
13.Repentance
guilt.
The
and
of
sin
human
burdenof sin and guilt. The
the burden
of the
mind of
humanmind
aim
twofold:
penitenceisis twofold:
of penitence
aim of
worldand
and
in this
thisworld
life in
Peace
of
mind
and
carefree
life
carefree
Peaceof mind and
Repentance'
Herreafter.Repentance,
everlasting
in the
theHerreafter.
bliss in
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in its
its Islam
Islamic
ic impor
import,
t, does
does not
not involv
involve,
e, as
as in
Christ
Christianity,
ianity , any
any kind of confe
confession
ssion of sins
sins to
to aa
pnest or to
priest
to any
any man.
man. Islam
Islam teache
teaches
s that
that there
there are
are
no
no media
mediators
tors or interc
intercessors
essors in the
the relatio
relationship
nship
betwe
between
en Allah and
and His
His servan
servants.
ts. In fact,
fact, anyon
unyon'.
- e
could
could alway
always
s turn
turn_direct
directly
ly to
to Allah for help
help and
and
forgiv
forgiveness,
eness, for He
He is
is too
too Gener
Generous
ous and
and Kind
Klnd to
to
turn you
turn
you down.
down. The
The Holy Qur'a
n explai
explains
ns to
to us
us
eur'an
how
how Merci
Merciful
ful is
is Allah to us:
us:
"Y!.n n IVIy
"Whe
My servan
servants
ts ask
ask thee
theeconce
rning Me,
conceming
Me, I
am
am indeed
indeedclose
(to them)
close(to
them):
: I listen
listen to
the
ro the praye
frayeir of
every
every supp.l
suppliant
iant when
when he
he callet
calleth
h on
on Me:
Me: Let
Lef them
tt em
also,
also,with
with aa will, listen
listen to
to My call,
call, and
and believ
believe
e in
Me: that they
they
may
may
walk
in
the
the
right
right
way."
way." (Qur'a
(eur'an,
n,
Y-.a llut
2:186
2 : 1 8 )6 )
"..., 0O ye
ye Believ
Believers!
ers! Turn
Tum ye
ye all
all togeth
together
er towar
toward
d
. --..,,
Allah,
Allah, that
thatye
ye may
may attain
attainBliss."
Bliss."(Qur'a
(eurbn,
n, 24:31
24:31)
)
pursuit
14.
14.Learn
Leaming
ing and
andPursu
it of Know
Knowledge
ledge open
open
for man
man,the
the gatew
gateway
ay to
to succe
success
ss and
and happi
haippiness.
ness.
Have
Haveaa look
look at
at human
human civiliz
civilization
ation throug
throughout
hout
histor
history
y and
and see
seehow
how know
knowledge
ledge impro
improved
ved man's
rian's
life and
and introd
introduced
uced many
many innov
innovations
ations and
and facilifacili_
ties
ties for the
the servic
service
e of man.
man. But know
knowledse
ledge and
and
scienc
science
e are
are two-e
two-edged
dged weapo
weapon:
n: they
they could
couli raise
raise
lofty
lofty tower
towers
s but
but could
could also
also destro
destroy.
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So

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knowledge must
must be
be channelled
channelled into
into the
the right
right way
way
knowledge
manof
welfare
and
that
leads
to
the
happiness
and
welfare
of
manhappiness
the
to
that leadi
of the
the tremendous
tremendous advancement
advancement in
in
kind. Despite
Despite of
kind.
and
human knowledge,
knowledge, particularly
particularly in
in science
science and
human
is
full
utilization
their
technology,
it
is
sad
that
their
full
utilization
is
that
technology,it iJ sad
trespassing
generally geared
geared towards
towards oppression,
oppression, trespassing
generally
and
on
human
resources,
and suppression
suppression
violation
resources,
6n human
of basic
basic human
human rights,
rights, international
international terrorism
terrorism
and blackmail,and
blackmail,and the
the like.
and
knowledge in general,
general, and
and the
the
Constructive knowledge
Constructive
in
Law
and
Guidance
of
Divine
Guidance
and
knowledge
Divine
knowledge
betterment
human
particular,
pave
the
way
for
human
betterment
way
particulai, pave the
and
happiness.
andhappiness.
Muslims
knowledge,Muslims
Guided
kind of knowledge,
such kind
by such
Guidedby
build aa
to build
able to
were able
over
centuries, were
many centuries,
over many
human
of human
aspectof
civilization
every aspect
coveredevery
that covered
civilization that
rarely
spiritual)rarely
(both material
and spiritual)
advancement
materialand
advancement(both
history'
in history.
attained
civilization in
other civilization
any other
by any
attained by
of
need
in
is
badly
Nowadays,
nationis badly in need of
Muslim nation
ihe Muslim
Nowadays,the
to aa
aga.into
humanif" again
aa revival
leadhumanit"
to lead
in order
orderto
revivai in
ano
prosperlty
justice,
peace,
of
justice,
peace,
prosperity
and
civilization
civilization of
and
knowledgeand
happiness
knowledge
constructive
on constructive
basedon
happinessbased
knowledge
of knowledge
pursuitof
Divine
thepursuit
On the
Guidance. On
Divinb Guidance.
and
learning
we
read
in
the
Holy
Qur'an:
Holy
Qur'an:
andlearningwe readin the
in
me in
advance me
"" ...but
Lord! advance
my Lord!
Jay,aO my
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knowledge!
(Qur'an,
2A lt14)
knowledge! "" (Qur'an,
20:114)
Proptret
Muhammad(Peace
(peaceand
be
Prophet Muhammad
andblessing
blessing
beupon
upon
-pursuii
him ) stressed
stressedthe
the importance
importanceof
him)
the
pursuit
of
of the
of
knowledge
asaaway
wayto
toeternal
knowledge as
eternalhappiness:
happiness:
"If
personfollows
follows aa path
pain for
for acquiring
acquiring
. "If a person
knowledge,
Allah
will
make easy
to
knowledge, Allah will make
easythe
puriug.
rhepassage
t5
^tvtusilm)
paradisefor
for him."
(Narrateclby
him." (Narrated
paradise
by Imam
Imam Muslim)
Pursuitof
of knowledge
knowledgeprovides
providesman
Pursuit
manwith
with aa feeling
feelins
of-.enjoyment
pleasure.If man
andpleasure.
of
enjoyment and
having
manenjoys
enjoyshavin!
deliciousmeals
mealsfor
for ]ris
body,he
delicious
his body,
he would
w.ouldalso
alsoenjoy
enjo!
moredelicious
deliciousmeals
meals(of knowledge)
more
knowledge)for
for his
his mind
mlni
andsoul.
soul.
and
"Teli me
15. "Tell
me who
who your
your friends
15.
friendsand
andcompanions
companions
are,
are, then
then I can
can tell
tell you
you who
who you
you are."
are."
To
To draw
draw the
the above
above saying
saying closer
closer to our
our subject
subject
matter,
we
may
say:
matter,
may say:
"Keep
a
happy
happy ntan
man company,
company, and
and you
you will
"Keep
.
become
become happy."
happy."
It
It seems
seems like
like contagious
contagious happiness
happiness
that infects
infects
that
-influences
the
of man
man and
and influences other
other
the environmenf
environment of
This
is
true
because
happy man
man is
is an
an optimistic
optimistic
This is true because aa happy
and
and confident
confident person
person who
who enjoys
enjoys peace
peace ancl
and
assurance
assurance,, and
and tries
tries to
to transmit
transmit his
his optimism
optimism and
and
cheerfulness
wherever
cheerfulness
wherever he
he goes,
goes, thereby
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happiness.
and happiness'
t and
delight
ssion of deligh
impression
ing an
an impre
spread
spreading
you
friends you
righteous friends
you have
have righteous
ver, when
when you
Moreo
Moreover,
e
becom
and
become
them and
ies from
from them
qualities
e good
goodqualit
will acquir
acquire
know , is
you know
eousness, you
ous . Right
Righteousness,
y righte
righGous
equall
equally
and
ness
and
happi
of
happiness
abode
the abode
Enity Visa for the
an
un Entry
y.
s bount
bounty.
Allah'
Allah's
decisive
are decisive
ence are
confidence
self- confid
and self16.
Strong will and
16. Strong
These
happi ness. These
ment of happiness'
the attain
attainment
s for the
factor
factors
the
the
of
life
the
the
direct
p and
and direct
develop
s could
could develo
factor
factors
are
They are
hapiness. They
s and
and hapiness'
d succes
success
dual towar
toward
indivi
individual
hardsh ips of life
ome the
the hardships
to overc
overcome
tial to
essential
also
also essen
way
man's way
ct man's
obstruct
that obstru
odds that
tand all odds
withstand
and
and withs
life,.
goalsin life'
his goals
ement of his
achievement
ds the
the achiev
towar
towards
on
be on
shouldbe
you should
life, you
sociallife,
happysocial
form aa hapvy
To form
17.To
17.
friends
family,, friends
your family
te terms with your
intimate-terms
and intima
goodand
good
house
house
happy
happy
ng of ta
building
The buildi
gues. The
colleagues.
and
Ind collea
spous e,
your spouse,
of your
e of
choice
right choic
the right
ott the
ds on
depends
depen
and
and
nship
relationship
relatio
good
good
and
te and
intimite
enance of intima
*uint"nunce
maint
bringing up
ways of bringing
best ways
the bes
with the
arity with
familiarity
famili
carefully
ed carefully
selected
be select
shouldbe
s should
Friends
en. Friend
children.
the childr
the
you
you
gues,
colleagues,
collea
your
As for your
. As
earlier.
oned earlier
mentioned
as menti
as
and
ion and
affection
nce, affect
tolerance,
them with tolera
treat them
d treat
should
shoul
t.
respect.
l respec
mutual
mutua
has
and has
ousness and
righteousness
act of righte
"Whoever
any act
works any
ever works
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faith
faith -- his
his endea
vour will not
endeavour
not be
be rejecte
rejected
d and
andWe
We
shall
shallrecord
recordit in
in his
his favou
r." (Qur'a
favour."
(eur'an,
n, 21
:94).
21:94).
CONC
CONCLUSION
LUSI ON
A timely
timely remin
reminder
der to
to every
everyone
one appea
red in aa
appeared
recent issue
recent
issue of the
the Reade
Reader'i
r's Diges
Digest
t -_ sorrow
fulsorrowful
wordsas
words
asthose
thoseof aa certai
certain
n top
top memb
membe.
er of the
U.S.
the U.S.
Republican
Repub
lican Natio
National
nal Comm
Commiitee.
ittee. He
He is
is now
now dead,
dead,
and
and in
in his
his prime
prime,
, he
he was
was blesse
blessed
d with
with mater
materiai
ial
wealth,
wealth
power
, powe
r and
and presti
prestige
ge but
but not
not with spiritu
spiritual
al
wealth.
wealth
. Unfor
Unfortunately,
tunate ly, our
our messa
message
ge is
is late
late for
ior him
him
but for
but
for the
the many
many still
srill alive
aliie who
who may
mav be
be
undergoing
under
going simila
similar
r condi
conditions,
tions, the
the words
words of the
the
honourable
honou
rable gentle
gentleman
man of the
the U.S.
U.S.would
wouldundou
undoubt_
btedly be an
edly
an
eye
eye
opener
(warning)
opene
r
(warn
ing)
for
those
thosewho
who
.be
arestill
are
still in
in aa quand
quandary
ary.. Those
Thoselast
lasi and
and sorrow
sorrowful
ful
words reveal
words
reveal his
his true
true inner
inner feelin
feelings,
gs, that
that
despite
despit
his mater
e his
material
ial succe
success,
ss, i.e.,
i.e., power
power,
, wealth
wealth
and presti
prestige,
and
thereseems
ge, there
seemsto
to be
be absolu
absolute
te EMPT
EMPTI_
INESS
NESS in
in his
his whole
whole being
being which
which could
could only
only be
be
experienced
exper
ienced throug
through
the know
h the
knowlege
lege of spiritual
spiritual
reality.
reality
his quest
questfor mater
. In his
material
ial things,
things, he
he forgot
forgot
t: devel
dev.elop
to
his_spiritual
op his
spiritual nouris
nourishm"nt.
hment . He
He foigot
forgot
that all
all
that
worldly
world
things
ly
things
are
but
are
but
ephemeral
ephem
eral
ind
and
.
transitory
transi
tory in nature
nature and
ancl what
what matters
matters is
is our
our
inner wealth
inner
wealth which
which is
is more
more meaningful,
meaningful, abiding
abiding

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herebelow
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last words
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my family
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religious
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with the
onted
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prospect
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anyone
me anyon
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welcome
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ed.
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I
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what
know what
buen know
even
!"
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me about
tell me
who could
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who
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revealing
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very
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words
words
last
last
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ness
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ll
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l failure
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letely aa disma
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al fulfilment'
spiritual
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without
witho
all
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trace of hope
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, witho
indeed,
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wealth
wealth
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his times
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hment.
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and
ity
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recour
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M - the
ISLAM
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"real"happi
ness.
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