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FAITH: THE WAY TO HAPPINESS

life accordingly. Someone who lives like this needs always to be di-
rected by his emotions towards virtue and the truth in order to lead
an intelligent, comfortable and tranquil life. However, this is nearly
impossible because an emotional person usually has difficulty in
evaluating events correctly. This is because he acts on the basis of his
emotions rather than intelligence and logic. Because he acts with his
emotions when making decisions he has difficulty in seeing the true
face of events and people. Or, completely to the contrary, in a situa-
tion where it is necessary to avoid anger he may be unable to control
himself and may easily harm both himself and others. Just as he can
suddenly change a minor diff e rence of opinion into a major ro w, a
song he is listening to can make him burst into tears while he ap-
pears to be cheerfully and happily enjoying himself with friends. In
some people emotionalism also manifests itself in such diff e re n t
forms as introversion and irritability.
Obviously far more examples like this can be given. But if you
notice, they all have one point in common—loss of a person's ability
to use his intelligence and the suppression of that intelligence. This
is just what Satan, who is determined to pervert people, wants and
is waiting for. By using this secret weapon well, Satan prevents peo-
ple from using their intelligence and from seeing the truth without
their realizing it. He drives people away from Allah's scriptures and
their superior morality. It is as though he draws a veil across a per-
son's intelligence.
To protect himself from such a situation a person needs to know
Satan well. To be able to make a judgment on any subject from a cor-
rect point of view, he needs to possess correct and sound informa-
tion. Only in this way can he know what is right and what is wrong,
what is beneficial and what is harmful. A person can find the type of

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