Submission, peace and happiness: heal the soul, prosper the society

Islam provide a certain and sure goal in man's process of freeing himself. Freedom is the successful struggle of subjugating the animal soul; it is directed to the attainment of supreme peace, and pacified soul, al-nafs al-mutmai'inah. This struggle throughtout man's life is a continu...

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Main Author: Abdullah, Fatimah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2010
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spelling iium-375862014-08-05T08:16:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/37586/ Submission, peace and happiness: heal the soul, prosper the society Abdullah, Fatimah BF Psychology BJ Ethics BL Religion Islam provide a certain and sure goal in man's process of freeing himself. Freedom is the successful struggle of subjugating the animal soul; it is directed to the attainment of supreme peace, and pacified soul, al-nafs al-mutmai'inah. This struggle throughtout man's life is a continuous EbEdah, one continuous confirmation of his obedience to God. It is a continuous process to fulfill the purpose of his creation and existence, to return his self to the Owner. A concept of freedom such as this would have no conflicting problems with the bidding of the Divine Law. This is so because, real freedom from any obstacles of worldly life can only be attained through the realization of fitrah; and the realization of fitrah cannot be attained without submission to God and obedience of the laws and teachings of his prophet. Thus, obedience to God's law, instead of hindering one's freedom is in fact the only "one way" road to attaining it, and to securing happiness in this world and hereafter. Happiness thus turns out to be an important experiential phenomenon which, according to the Qur'an can never fully realized without submission, understood in the true sense. Such a life of obedience (submission) shall bring in peace to the heart and will in turn establish real peace and prosperity in society at large. Islam as submission to God id the only way, which makes the person, feels at peace with God, with himself and his environment. This article attempts to highlight the relationship between submission, peace or freedom of the self and happiness. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37586/1/conference-brunei_2010.pdf Abdullah, Fatimah (2010) Submission, peace and happiness: heal the soul, prosper the society. In: Seminar Serantau Islam dan Kesejahteraan Sejagat, 24-25 February 2010, Brunei. (Unpublished)
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Submission, peace and happiness: heal the soul, prosper the society
description Islam provide a certain and sure goal in man's process of freeing himself. Freedom is the successful struggle of subjugating the animal soul; it is directed to the attainment of supreme peace, and pacified soul, al-nafs al-mutmai'inah. This struggle throughtout man's life is a continuous EbEdah, one continuous confirmation of his obedience to God. It is a continuous process to fulfill the purpose of his creation and existence, to return his self to the Owner. A concept of freedom such as this would have no conflicting problems with the bidding of the Divine Law. This is so because, real freedom from any obstacles of worldly life can only be attained through the realization of fitrah; and the realization of fitrah cannot be attained without submission to God and obedience of the laws and teachings of his prophet. Thus, obedience to God's law, instead of hindering one's freedom is in fact the only "one way" road to attaining it, and to securing happiness in this world and hereafter. Happiness thus turns out to be an important experiential phenomenon which, according to the Qur'an can never fully realized without submission, understood in the true sense. Such a life of obedience (submission) shall bring in peace to the heart and will in turn establish real peace and prosperity in society at large. Islam as submission to God id the only way, which makes the person, feels at peace with God, with himself and his environment. This article attempts to highlight the relationship between submission, peace or freedom of the self and happiness.
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title Submission, peace and happiness: heal the soul, prosper the society
title_short Submission, peace and happiness: heal the soul, prosper the society
title_full Submission, peace and happiness: heal the soul, prosper the society
title_fullStr Submission, peace and happiness: heal the soul, prosper the society
title_full_unstemmed Submission, peace and happiness: heal the soul, prosper the society
title_sort submission, peace and happiness: heal the soul, prosper the society
publishDate 2010
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/37586/
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