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Happiness is the only goal on earth that all people without exception are seeking to attain. Believers and unbelievers alike seek to be happy, but each party is using different methods.

However, only believers can achieve genuine happiness. All forms of happiness attained without a firm belief in God, the Almighty, are mere illusions.

The following are tips for the attainment of happiness:

1. Know that if you do not live within the scope of today, your thoughts will be scattered, your affairs will become confused, and your anxiety will increase. These realities are explained in the following hadith:

"When you are in the evening, do not expect to see themorning, and when you are in the morning, do not expect to see the evening." (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)

2. Forget the past and all that it contained, focus on the present.

3. Do not completely preoccupy yourself with the future and then discard the present. Be balanced in life, prepare yourself adequately for all situations.

4. Do not be shaken by criticism; instead, be firm. Be sure that in proportion to your worth, the level of people's criticism rises. Also, make good use of criticism in discovering your shortcomings and faults, and let it drive you toward self-improvement.

5. Have complete faith in God and perform good deeds; these are the ingredients that makeup a good and happy life.

6. If you desire peace, tranquility, and comfort, you can find it all in the remembrance of God.

7. You should know with certainty that everything that happens, occurs in accordance with the divine decree.

8. Do not expect gratitude from anyone.

9. Train yourself to be prepared for the worst possibility.

10. Perhaps what has happened is in your best interest, even though you may not comprehend how that can be so.

11. Everything that is decreed for the believer is the best for him.

12. Enumerate the blessings of God and be thankful for them.

13. Remember that you are better off than many others.

14. Relief comes from one hour to the next. Indeed, with each difficulty there is relief.

15. In both times of hardship and ease, one should turn to supplication and prayer, either patiently contented or thankful.

16. Calamities should strengthen your heart and reshape your outlook in a positive way.

17. Do not let trivialities be the cause of your destruction.

18. Always remember that your God is Oft-Forgiving.

19. Assume an easy-going attitude and avoid anger.

20. Life is bread, water, and shade; so do not be perturbed by a lack of any other material thing.

"And in the heaven is your providence and that which you are promised." (Quran 51:22)

21. A daunting evil that seemingly will happen usually never occurs.

22. Look at those who have more afflictions and be grateful that you have less.

23. Bear in mind the fact that God loves those who endure trials with steadfastness, so seek to be one of them.

24. Constantly repeat those supplications that the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, taught us to say during times of hardship.

25. Work hard at something that is productive, and cast off idleness.

26. Do not spread rumors and do not listen to them. If you hear a rumor inadvertently, do not believe it.

27. Know that your malice and your striving to seek revenge are much more harmful to your health than they are to your antagonist.

28. The hardships that befall you atone for your sins, if you endure with patience.

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[TheRELOADED111]

Great! Keep converting to Islam, brothers! May Allah bless you! You Japanese people who convert to Islam should still remain Japanese and love and practice your traditions of that wonderful country. You are Muslim in your heart and soul, but the rest of you remains unchanged - you will always remain Japanese which is a great thing. :)

[volkan163]

Alicia , ppl like u who easily blame ppl... IT is not good my friend, stop looking down at the true religion. U have to face that the human is created with free will , which is why ppl choose wrong ways to show their love. I am a muslim and not a terrorist.. And i say this!, bombing yourself will not lead you to heaven .

IM a muslim from sweden

[abusayfdine2]

japan people respect muslim people

[NSXgtA]

@ShineCity711 Why are you insulting Muslims? They also believe in Jesus and Moses and Abraham and Noah and Lot and Mary and Adam and Eve. If you hate Islam then you hate all these people and I know these people are just as important in Christianity as they are in Islam. You are a very marrow minded individual who has not yet embraced your religion properly so why are you insulting other religions when you don't understand your own. Please think before you write biased, hard to read comments.

[ShineCity711]

MUSLIMS AHVE TO REPENT TO JESUS TEH KRIST!!! FOR TEH ARMENIANS AND GREEK AND ASSYRIAN CHRSITIAN GENCOIDES FISRT BEFORE THEY EVEN THINK .. THINK THEY BELIEVE IN A A GOD LET ALONE A RIGTEOUS GOD.. AND YOU THINK THE FATHER WHO IS TEH FATHER OF THE ONLY SON OF GOD JESUS KRIST... ACCEPTS YOUR FALSE RELGIONS AS OOOOOOOOOKKK? AND TRUTH ... NO I DONT THINK SOOO.. SO GET OUT OF THAT STINKING POT HOLE RELGION ISLAM... KORAN HAS KILLIN G IN IT.. ITSTRUE... LOL .. and youd rather believe in that ahmad??

[StrugglingFlower]

MashAllah this guy converted to Islam even though majority of the people around him are not muslim. I understand that it is hard to fast and do other muslim duties in his situation, however Islam is not our deen(religion) to compromise. When the Makkans proposed that everyone should worship Allah one year and the following year everyone should worship the idols, the prophet rejected this proposal. He said he would not compromise Islam.

[kazbluesky]

Im English but live hear in Japan. There was an open day festival a few years back for people to come to the mosque and see true Islam. I actually wanted to go, but was told Westerners werent welcome because we might ask the wrong questions.

The world needn't worry about Japan and Islam, impossible for it grow here: the state would crush it, people would despise it. Its values - repression of women and sex, a hatred of science and scientific progress. No it wont happen here, dont worry.

[suborna07]

gosh he doesnt hav to dress like that, he can be just like the others but fulfil his duties as a muslim...

[killer94m]

@ForLetsTune you're right am muslim and i don't hate non-muslim i actually have non muslim friends and i like them ^^ so please don't let religions break us a part people ^^

[ForLetsTune]

wow! the amount of hate in these comments is incredible! what's wrong with you people? I see a lot of misperceptions from both sides (muslims & non-muslims), when are you gonna stop it? when are u gonna start treating each other on the ONLY common basis we have, that is that we are all human? geez!

[demonasie]

@volkan163 and i think it is okey to distinguish about what we talk about, are we discuss our background (history) or we talk about faith. or we talk about moral? are we seeking the truth or we are mixing the wrongso we can be the right?

as a muslim i say, Lailahailallah muhammadurasulallah,there is no truth but Allah and Allah the most know. as a man i say: Islam is my religion, Indonesia is my country, i am a javanese and i life on room called earth. thank you,

[demonasie]

@volkan163 salamualaikum my friend, i am muslim from indonesia, i like to tell you what i think about bombing,killing and the other radical way our brother and sister's doing out there.Its a difficult way to think about how they did a big sins like killing people,commit suicide to kill is a good or bad way?infact many people think that is okey to kill for something this day. but mostly is about revenge. and talk about our religion; i did what i try and they did what they try. may Allah bless us.