Page 89 - Faith: The Way to Happiness

THE HAPPINESS AND BLESSINGS

BROUGHT BY FAITH

Cheerfulness
Because they believe in Allah and accept His decree, the cheer-
fulness and joy of the faithful are perpetual. This also manifests itself
in their daily lives and is the basic source of believers' character. By
contrast, in return for their living in ignorance of Allah and His
scriptures, disbelievers are always unhappy.
The love and devotion believers feel towards Allah and their
submission to Him remove all cause for material and spiritual dis-
comfort because for believers there is nothing in their lives which
can be classified as "bad." Through the guidance of the Qur'an they
a re aware that things re g a rded as "bad" will be turned to their ad-
vantage and benefit by Allah. This ensures that believers always
have a cheerfulness and joy which springs from their faith. In sur-
roundings where everybody is unhappy and pessimistic, they never
lose any of their cheerfulness because there is nothing which can
make them unhappy.
People in the community of the ignorant can do whatever they
like but because they do not have the joy of faith they will never
know true contentment. Even though they want to do so very much
they can never act with sincere and heartfelt cheerfulness. They can-

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