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FAITH: THE WAY TO HAPPINESS

them their actions as a cause of anguish and remorse for
them. They will never emerge from the Fire. (Surat al-
Baqara: 166-167)
People who ascribe partners to Allah as their guardians have
no real hope of happiness throughout their lives. Because they do
not make Allah their guardian and friend they cannot experience
tranquility and happiness in the real sense during their lifetimes. In
return for their ungratefulness, Allah gives them unhappiness. This
is an unchanging truth. The reason for a person's falling into such a
state is himself alone. A person should seek the reason for his un-
happiness in himself and should reflect upon it. Allah points out in
a verse of the Qur'an that people are unhappy because of what they
have done with their own hands:
Allah does not wrong people in any way; rather it is people
who wrong themselves. (Surah Yunus: 44)
In order to be free from ascribing partners to Allah, people
should turn towards Allah from the heart, listen to their conscience
and praise Allah's power and omnipotence. Prophet Ibrahim (as)
was an example for all of humanity in obeying his conscience, turn-
ing towards Allah and understanding the power and omnipotence
of Allah. In the Qur'an, Prophet Ibrahim's (as) behavior is described
as follows:
Because of that We showed Ibrahim the dominions of the
Heavens and the earth so that he might be one of the peo -
ple of certainty. When night covered him he saw a star and
said, "This is my Lord!" Then when it set he said, "I do not
love what sets." Then when he saw the moon come up he
said, "This is my Lord!" Then when it set he said, "If my
Lord does not guide me, I will be one of the misguided
people." Then when he saw the sun come up he said, "This

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