Islamic Concept of Happiness

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Islamic Concept of Happiness

The concept of happiness in the Islamic culture is to acquire the pleasure of Allah (swt), keeping in mind that it is the ultimate objective man works diligently to achieve. The ultimate objective or goal has to be one and not many in order to unite and concentrate people's effort to achieve it. The ultimate goal has to be permanent and not changeable in order to achieve stability and cohesiveness in the society. The ultimate goal has to be above materialistic goals because such goals would undoubtedly corrupt it. Neither should it be based on short term goals whereby once they are achieved, others are sought. The ultimate goal which man places for happiness has to be the objective of all objectives.



Hence, the ultimate goal in the Islamic culture is to acquire the pleasure of Allah (swt) and not to attain the realisation of one's self-conscious. This is due to the fact that self-conscious is changeable due to motives, thinking or people themselves (self-conscious is an instinctual comprehension which emanates from man's instinct and produced by those instincts). Thus, the ultimate goal should not be the attainment of 'abstract high morals', the satisfaction of physical needs or any goal that could be nothing but an outlet for other goals upon completion. In addition, the ultimate goal cannot be multiple, changeable or restrictive. The Implementation of the Islamic 'aqeedah, governing man's behavior by the Shari'ah and attaining the pleasure of Allah, as the ultimate goal, will be the cornerstone of the Islamic State.



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The Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa'sallam said:



"The Muslim is a unique Ummah among the whole of mankind:

Their Land is ONE, their War is ONE, their Peace is ONE,

Their Honour is ONE and their Trust is ONE."

[Ahmad]