CONSIDERING ALLAH IS THE ESSENCE OF HAPPINESS

Considering Allah differs from reminding things or creatures. If we remember, devote and think of Allah with constant awareness, Allah will reward with enormous return. However, things and creatures are unable to compensate.

A compliant worship to consider Allah is to perform religious duty to Allah. It is definitely the main responsibility of humankind throughout the life journey on earth. The guidelines, containing what Allah say to human, are recorded in the holy book Al Qur�an. The operating manual and regulations are written in the Islam principles of faith (arkan-al iman) and the five rules of Islam (arkan-al Islam). The principles of faith are dealing with how human must consider and convince to Allah, while the rules of Islam are coping with how we follow them during the life journey. The ultimate objective is to seek happiness and Allah�s blessing for living on earth and in the hereafter.

The difficult part in the life trip is to set the mind and soul to constantly convince in the principle of faith. We must believe with strong conviction in something unclear, vague, and indefinite. Recent scientific models and thought usually include observation, analysis, and measurement. Consequently, this logical framework could not be easily performed on a faith related issues. How can we believe in something we can’t even see, quantify or measure?

We should then set a broader thinking of beliefs with a deep inner knowing to include intuition and trust, involve listening and learning that are beyond the scope of accepted scientific thinking. Having had the mind set into beliefs and trust, we should also find a divine (mursid) teacher, guru, syaikh who direct into a proper path of living coherent with the given destiny (qada) and divine justice (qadar).

Practicing Islamic Meditation Abah Didi�s Method (www.ismedad.co.uk) is one option available, for one who believes, to assemble purvey for life in eternity. The method of considering Allah is inhaling and exhaling the breath accompanied by a reading �Subhanallah�  (Allah the Most Holy and the Most Immaculate). It should be performed at least five minutes a day. If the course is practiced continuously every day, the smallest cells of body and then the whole body will be driven, taught, construct to consider Allah that lead to survive in the world and hereafter. (TbS)

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