My happiness is...

Assalaamu alaikum [peace be to you],

Happiness! Ah what a wonderful term, wouldn’t all of us like to have that?

SEEKING HAPPINESS
It is the nature of every person to seek happiness. Some people strive to seek material happiness in this world away from religion, thinking that this is the true happiness. But this kind of happiness will be succeeded by pain and sorrow at the Day of Judgment, and its people will know that their striving led them only to misery and not happiness.


SEEKING ANOTHER HAPPINESS
Others know that the true way to happiness is to obey God and have pleasure in following His way. For them the treasures and riches of the world are of little importance. When this happiness penetrates and fills the heart of the believer he does in fact live in this world as if he were in Paradise. Those are the people who find true happiness in this world.
The God has said in his final testament:
مَنْ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا مِّن ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنثَىٰ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَنُحْيِيَنَّهُ حَيَاةً طَيِّبَةً ۖ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
Whoever works righteousness, man or woman, and has Faith, verily, to him will We give a good Life, and We will bestow on such their reward according to the best of their actions.
^{Interpretation of the meaning of Qur'anic verse 16:97}
This “good life” is happiness itself. It's that happiness that allows you to feel pleasure even while eating hard dry bread. This happiness is the inner peace that is realized through faith in the Almighty God and good deeds. This is the kind of happiness that even the rich disbelievers in God cannot find, despite all the money they have. That is why we are not surprised when we know that many among them commit suicide in spite of being super wealthy.
But this does not mean that the believer will not face difficulties in this good life. Our worldly lives, even when they are bolstered by faith and good works, are never free from distress and vexations. After all, this world is the abode of hardship, as Almighty Allah says:
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
^{Interpretation of the meaning of Qur'anic verse 90:4}
The God stated in several places in the Noble Qur'an that this world is the abode of tests and trials. the hereafter is a place of the true reward.


HAPPINESS IN KNOWING OUR PURPOSE
To reach true happiness, we need to know what is the purpose of our life, why are we here? who put us here? and what are we supposed to do? how to reach success in the hereafter? and how to fulfill the requirements of reaching this success by following the commands of God and His true way?
We know much about Mars, Earth, moon, stars, and galaxies, thanks to centuries of knowledge. But how much we know about our eternal life after death and how to reach success in the hereafter?

People need to eat every day to supply their bodies with energy and to keep themselves healthy. If they stop eating for a period of time, diseases will sneak up upon them and overtake them, and perhaps even kill them. Similarly, people also need food of another kind, food for the spirit and heart. It is unfortunate that while people are careful never to forget to feed their bodies, they do not show the same concern for the health of their souls and hearts. The heart needs food as the body does. The diseases of the body and the debilitating effects they have are not more dangerous than the diseases of the heart and soul.

Asma bint Abi-Bakr* said:
إن سعادتي في إيماني وإيماني في قلبي وقلبي لا سلطان عليه إلا الله
"My happiness is in my faith, and my faith is in my heart, and verily my heart belongs to none but Allah"

<sup>references:
- The Way To Achieve Happiness [link]
- The Quran Speaks of Happiness [link]

* Asma bint-Abi-bakr (Asma, daughter of Abu-Bakr) was the sister of lady Ayesha -may God be pleased with her-, the wife of the prophet Mohammed -peace be upon him-. Abu-Bakr was the best friend of the prophet.</sup>

I hope this was beneficial


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IN THE DRAWING:
-The Arabic sentence on top
سعادتي في إيماني وإيماني في قلبي وقلبي لا سلطان عليه إلا الله
is read from bottom to top.
-the Arabic word written in the girl's heart-hands is "Allah", written in Thuluth Calligraphy style.

If I am right, it's from the God. if I am wrong, it's from myself.