Real happiness and Inner Peace


Real happiness and peace can be found in



submitting to the commands of the Creator and the Sustainer of this world
God has said in the Quran
:
Truly, in remembering God do hearts find rest. (Quran, 13:28



On the other hand, the one who turns away from the Quran will have a life of hardship in this world. God has said:
But whoever turns away from the Quran, he will have a hard life, and We will raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment. (Quran, 20:124)






This may explain why some people commit suicide while they enjoy the material comfort money can buy. For example, look at Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam), formerly a famous pop singer who used to earn sometimes more than 150.000$a night. After he converted to Islam, he found true happiness and peace, which he had not found in material success




Forgiveness for All Previous Sins
When someone converts to Islam, God forgives all of his previous sins and evil deeds. A man called Amr came to the Prophet Muhammad and said, “Give me your right hand so that I may give you my pledge of loyalty.” The Prophet stretched out his right hand. Amr withdrew his hand. The Prophet said: {What has happened to you, O Amr?} He replied, “I intend to lay down a condition.” The Prophet {What condition do you intend to put forward?} Amr said, “That God forgive my sins.” The Prophet said: {Didn’t you know that converting to Islam erases all previous sins?} asked

عندما يعتنق الإنسان الإسلام فإن الله سبحانه وتعالى يغفر ذنوبه جميعا فعندما أقبل عمرو بن العاص من مكة إلى المدينة ليسلم اشترط على الرسول قبل الإسلام أنه إذا أسلم أن يغفر الله ذنبه فأخبره النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أن الإسلام يجب ما قبله . ففي مسند الإمام أحمد عن عمرو بن العاص قال قلت (يا رسول الله أبايعك على أن تغفر لي ما تقدم من ذنبي فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم إن الإسلام يجب ما كان قبله
After converting to Islam, the person will be rewarded for his or her good and bad deeds according to the following saying of the Prophet Muhammad : {Your Lord, Who is blessed and exalted, is most merciful. If someone intends to do a good deed but does not do it, a good deed will be recorded for him. And if he does do it, (a reward of) ten to seven hundred or many more times (the reward of the good deed), will be recorded for him. And if someone intends to do a bad deed but does not do it, a good deed will be recorded for him. And if he does do it, a bad deed will be recorded against him or God will wipe it out.}


(إن الله كتب الحسنات والسيئات، ثم بين ذلك، فمن هم بحسنة فلم يعملها كتبها الله عنده حسنة كاملة، وإن هم بها فعملها كتبها الله عنده عشر حسنات إلى سبعمائة ضعف إلى أضعاف كثيرة، وإن هم بسيئة فلم يعملها كتبها الله عنده حسنة كاملة وإن هم بها فعملها كتبها الله سيئة واحدة) رواه البخاري ومسلم.