Riyadul Haqq – Contentment in the Dunya

05 April 2023

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The speaker discusses the meaning of happiness in the brochure of the book of Philippians, which references the promise of Islam to bring peace and happiness. The brochure suggests that happiness is a result of a longing for peace, rather than a result of a breakthrough in a door, and that peace is not a result of a breakthrough in a door.

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remembrance of Allah, do hearts find

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			DOMA Nina settlement? Not necessarily peace.

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			Peace yes but in the meaning of settlement, not peace in the meaning of happiness. A last panel with
Allah has not made the dunya and abode of happiness.

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			We live a life of difficulty.

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			Allah says,

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			Yeah, are you in some? In Mecca? The Ihlara pika Callahan formula be our man. You are toiling a toil
unto your Lord.

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			You are struggling a struggle unto your Lord. We were born in pain.

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			We live in pain, and we will die.

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			We were born in suffering, we live in suffering, we will leave the world and suffer. That's the
reality of life. So what about happiness? Happiness are those few moments that proach

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			our life.

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			Happiness all those few moments in between mica gasp of fresh air,

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			which allow us to feel happy in comparison to everything else.

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			And as someone said, imagine if we were happy all the time, we'd be miserable.

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			Allah has not made the dunya and abode of happiness. So when Allah promises that in the remembrance
of Allah, do hearts find

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			it metagenome domani Damania settlement, we often translate that as peace, what's the meaning of
that peace, that the meaning of peace is not happiness is its settlement. It midnight in Arabic
means being settled, not being disturbed, not being unsettled, not being perturbed. And that's why
the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa salam, despite suffering bereavement, after bereavement,

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			and tests and trials in his own life. Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was the most Mahatma in he
was the most settled the most content out of all of the servants of Allah, the one most at peace,
but his peace did not necessarily mean happiness.

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			Ibrahim or the Allahu and passed away,

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			his children passed away. His sons and daughters passed away. He suffered bereavement after
bereavement. One can't say he was happy on these occasions, but he was content with the decree of
Allah. He was settled, who was at peace with the decree of Allah subhanho wa.

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			So, what happiness do we seek in contrast to the happiness of Rasulullah sallallahu it