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FAITH: THE WAY TO HAPPINESS

nity will not be happy in the life of this world but will experience
continual trouble:
"But if anyone turns away from My reminder, his life will
be a dark and narrow one and on the Day of Rising We will
gather him blind." (Surah Ta Ha: 124)
Reminding these people of Allah, reminding them that He will
hold them responsible for their adherence to the Qur'an and that He
will call for an accounting of what they have done in the life of this
world on the Day of Judgment makes them very uncomfortable and
even provokes them to anger. Allah points out this characteristic of
the disbelievers as follows:
When Allah is mentioned on His own, the hearts of those
who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink back shudder -
ing, but when others apart from Him are mentioned, they
jump for joy. (Surat az-Zumar: 45)
For Allah's true servants, the basic aim of their lives is A l l a h ' s
good pleasure. Believers are people who know very well that it was
Allah Who created them from nothing and Who is the giver of
everything and the owner and sole controller of everything, that all
events occur through Allah's will and that He is the bringer of both
mercy and torment. Because of this the devotion and loyalty of the
believers to Allah and their love of Him are very strong.
T h roughout their lives believers worship only Allah, ask for
help from Him alone (Surat al-Fatiha: 4) and fear none but Him. Due
to this powerful love and devotion they feel for Allah they always
behave gratefully towards Him and never slacken in serving Him.
They show great enthusiasm and determination in their striving to
earn His approval. They will give up the goals to which ignorant
people devote their lives, all worldly profits and assets, in order to

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