Page 12 - Faith: The Way to Happiness

I N T R O D U C T I O N

During their lives, people have a variety of targets and plans
they would like to fulfill. Although apparently diff e rent at first
glance, these targets coincide at a basic level. At the basic level peo-
ple wish to lead their lives in happiness and tranquility by obtaining
as many advantages as they can; the happiness and comfort they
enjoy being proportionate to the size of the advantages they obtain.
In this sense, everyone aims to reach this common goal, following
d i ff e rent paths and using diff e rent methods, and expending
t h roughout their lives a great deal of effort in pursuit of this pur-
pose. However, achieving everything they want and reaching tar-
gets still do not change the end result: a melancholy life filled with
unhappiness and the troubles it brings with it... except for the tru e
believers, who seek Allah's approval and are aware that their tru e
abode is in the Hereafter.
In present day life a large number of people complain because
they have been totally unable to achieve true peace and because de-
spite their efforts and their attempts at happiness, they are not
happy at all. The reason why people end up in such a predicament is
because they try to find happiness in the wrong places and with the
wrong people. For some, happiness is the material wealth they ob-
tain, being able to spend their money as they like, buy whatever
they want and consume more and more each day. For people like

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