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THE SOLUTION TO SECRET SORROWS

their lives.

Unhappy People Have False Beliefs
There is a way of life that the great majority of people share.
This way of life we call the "satanic system," prevails where there is
no religious morality. This system is founded on an insincerity that
is so deeply rooted in people's lives that even those who appear to
be the most sincere, whose behavior which is assumed to be per-
fectly straightforward, may have fundamentally insincere motives.
Even though people fail to attribute any names to this system,
they are naggingly aware of the error of the system under which
they live. At every opportunity, they complain of the hypocrisy of
others, because they have not experienced true friendship or true
love and have no one they can trust in the full sense. Still, they them-
selves do not hesitate to display the same flawed morality towards
all those around them.
In this system, everyone is damaged by his own actions. Even if
such people try in every possible way, still they cannot find genuine
internal joy, tranquility and happiness—yet they accept this as "a
fact of life." In other words, according to them, Earthly life is not a
place where true happiness and peace can be found on any lasting
basis.
The truth is that unhappiness is not in any way a fact of life. On
the contrary, it is extremely easy for people to find the solution for
the internal troubles into which they fall. A verse in the Qur'an says,
"... Only in the remembrance of Allah can the heart find peace"
(Surat ar-Ra'd: 28). Here, Allah tells people that they can achieve
true happiness only by finding faith. Only if they understand the
mercy and protectiveness that Allah holds for them and live out
their worldly lives in religious morality can people enjoy every mo-

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