What the Qur'an has to say about happiness?

according to the philosophers we feel happiness in this world through three means

• one the soul through virtues of wisdom justice and temperance
• two the body through health strength and beauty and
• three throug...

• temperance is a key virtue that allows us to be masters of the things that bring us joy rather than slaves to them
• it is the practice of being moderate in our actions and in our desires
• remember our desires are just a means to an en...

the Qur'an uses the word 'ata' to describe happiness felt in the hereafter means giving and refers to God's uninterrupted giving to those in paradise

exercising self-control and moderation when it comes to food physical intimacy and wealth leads to happiness

remember the key to happiness is virtue and temperance is the key to virtue

so when we live according to our needs and not our desir...

there are two perspectives to wealth according to swiss-born british philosopher alain de button the primary driving force for humans is status

and wealth is a means to achieve status but he states that wealth doesn't always bring ...

when humans give freely in this world they will become the recipients of divine giving in the hereafter

this kind of happiness is different to the mere physical enjoyment that we receive through our physical senses

Your soul has more to do with your happiness than anything else and that your circumstances and your character contribute to your happiness.

In fact your circumstances are shaped by the way you are rather than what you have.

next the quran talks about the happiness that is felt in this world and categorizes this kind of happiness into two types of joy

• number one negative joy and
• number two positive joy

negative joy is...

The Qur'an keeps reminding us that on the day of judgment those who do good in this world will get their book of righteous deeds and be eternally happy in the hereafter in paradise and

those who don't, will receive misery instead  

moderation of desire through reason and guidance of the qur'an has been highlighted as the key to happiness

• our souls have three faculties or departments

1. number one the rational
2. number two the concup...

the virtue of our souls emerges when the rational department has control over the other two

so in other words when the rational has control over our desires and our emotions, the goodness in our soul emerges

the key is to focus on controllin...

according to the stoics, virtue is what makes people happy but they were also indifferent to the death of their loved ones

the stoics see socrates as a true hero because of his calm self-sufficient demeanor in misfortune and his lo...

Islamic philosophers on the other hand agree that wealth doesn't equal happiness but the basic well-being of a person contributes to their happiness as well

if wealth is seen as a means to achieve a higher spiritual existenc...