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ROMANTICISM: A WEAPON OF SATAN

Moreover, because of his superior moral manner and conversation, he
is naturally content. The brightness and light shining forth from his
righteous behaviour will make people joyful and happy, even in the
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most difficult circumstances. Such behaviour will pave the way to a
beautiful, peaceful and honourable life in this world, and to a life of
joy and bliss in the world to come. Therefore, for the believer, whose
behaviour and state of mind are pleasing to God, there can be no cause
for sadness or anxiety; there can be nothing to draw him into
pessimism. God reveals it in this way:
God will give security those who have done their duty in their
victorious Safe Haven. No evil will touch them and they will know
no sorrow. (Qur'an, 39:61)
Moreover, for the believer, joy, happiness, peace and security are
merely earthly reflections of the conditions of life in Paradise. These
pleasures begin in this world; and when those who have hoped in God
finally attain Paradise, they will find that those pleasures will persist
into eternity. The Qu'ran describes the bliss enjoyed by the believers in
the life hereafter:

So God has safeguarded them from the evil of that Day and has
made them meet with radiance and pure joy. (Qur'an, 76:11)
In another verse, God reveals the difference between believers
and unbelievers on the Last Day:
That Day some faces will be radiant, laughing, rejoicing. That Day
some faces will be dust-covered, overcast with gloom. Those are
the dissolute disbelievers. (Qur'an, 80:38-42)
Unbelievers, in the hereafter, will come to know with the reality
of the life of Hell, earned in this world by succumbing to the
temptations of Satan-a life that will continue eternally, but with much
greater intensity. On the other hand, the believer's happiness enjoyed
in Paradise will go on uninterrupted into eternity.

On the Day it comes, no self will speak except by His permission.