For people a good advice to remember is that Allah (SWT) has made humans being capable of many types of emotions.

1. People of Pursuits
People wonderwhatisthe pursuitof happinessinIslam?anditwill be asurprise forpeople toknow
that Allah(SWT) doesnottalkabout the pursuitof happinessinthe Quran. Orit can be saidthat the
Quran doesnotexplicitlytalkaboutthe pursuitof happiness.The highestthingthatthe Quran talks
aboutis beingContent, beingatpeace that isthe ultimate goal describe inthe Quranforhumanbeings.
Happiness
One thingthat people needtorealizeisthatHappinessisthe lowestpursuitthatanypersonhasin this
world.Asan example,achildwhodoesnotwantto have to getup earlyinthe morningona Saturday
and can sleepinis Happy whenhe wakesup,anotherkidplays videogamesall nightandfinallyreaches
a goal he was strivingforwhichmakeshim Happy. There are thousandsof otherexamplesthatwe can
portray here butthe bottomline is,itdoesn’ttake muchfor people tobe happy.There are thingsinlie
inwhichgettinghappinessisdifficult,forexample gettingyourparentshappywithyourself ishardfor
youhave to work hard forit. Makingyour wife happyisevenharderandyoureallyhave toworkat itto
reach that.The fact of the matter isgeneral happy iseasybutit comesand goes.
For people agoodadvice to rememberisthatAllah(SWT) hasmade humansbeingcapable of many
typesof emotions.Happinessisonlyone of themandif a personwishesonlytobe happyinthe world,
thenletus tell youright nowthat that personisinfor a lotof disappointment.
Cool
These secondpursuitforpeople believeitornot isbeing,forthe lack of a betterword,cool,the desire
for people tobe able toblendinwitheverytype of people andavoidanytype of criticismthatpeople
mighthave aboutyou. This ismost evidentinthe youthof the worldtodaywhothinktentimesbefore
choosinga shirtand shoestowearto school and it isa fact that somewhere inthe backof theirmindsis
the thoughtof who will make fun of me forwearing this? Inthe pursuitof thisparticularstate,itis often
seenthatpeople goas far as to pretendtobe somethingthattheyare not,whichis sad.
Popularity
Once the pursuitof coolnesshasbeenachieved,the nextpursuitstartsforthe personispopularity.Now
it isnot enoughforthe personto be cool,but to be the coolestof all people andbe the personthat
everybodyelsewantstobe like.
Prestige
Thismeansthat youwant to associate withsomethingthatisvery popular;forexample,youtellpeople
youwentto Harvard but fail tomentionthatyouwentthere foronlya weekendtopickupa friend. In
fact, evenif youare a freshmanatHarvard and have notaccomplishedanythinginthe worldasof yet,
youstill wantthe Prestige of the Harvard tobe stuckwithyour name.People inthe Muslimworldlike to
make theirchildrenmemorize the Quranjustsothat theycan brag abouttheirchildrenbeingHafiz
whichisa harshbut true realitybecause itnotonlyhashappenedbefore,butstillhappenstothisday.

2. Money
There are some people inthisworldthatdonotcare about the above mentionedfourpursuits,because
all theycare aboutis the Pursuitof Money.These are the people thatyouwill see indirtyshirtsandtorn
jeansdrivingthe oldestmodelsof carspossible,butwhenyougettoknow themyourealize theyhave
made a lot of moneyandtheirlife revolvesaroundmakingmoneyandnothingelse.
Excellence
These are the people thatwanttobe number1 ineverythingtheydoinlife. Theseare the people that
are neverhappywiththemselvesandkeeppushingthemtobe ontop. These people are neversatisfied
withthemselvesbecausetheykeep comparingthemselvesto themselvesfromyesterday.Thoughother
people maythinkof themasamazingpeople,theydon’tcare andalwaysthinkthattheycan do better.
Impact
These are the people thatwanttoleave a legacyinthe worldregardlessof whattheyhave
accomplishedinthislife.Theywanttohave an impacton the worldwhichiswhytheyseldomcare too
much aboutmoneyanddedicatedtheirtime andcarriersinhelpingcausesthattheydeemare worthy
and mayhave positive impactsonthe livesof others. InIslamicview thisisthe kindof lifeaperson
shouldlive.
Truth
Allah(SWT) wantsnothingfrompeople thanpursuitandtheireffort.
This article is written fromtheinformation provided in a lecture by UstadNouman AliKhan.Thisis not a
transcriptof the lecture. For the lecture pleasevisit thelink below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX-8i9t5SYc&feature=youtu.be
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