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The Meaning And Experience Of Happiness In Islam An Overview

For decades, man have struggled to define the ethics and the truth about the concept of mankind. In doing this, they have come up with various arguments and views, some of which are applicable and some are noticeably vague and full of irrationality. The discussion of the concept of mankind becomes crucial when it comes to the question of happiness. Indeed, many philosophers have tried to identify happiness based on their own thoughts and perspectives. Needless to say, some of the ideas seem rigid and inexplicable despite many efforts to clarify it. The question of happiness has long been discussed by Islam. The discourse on it is located invariably the Qur’an, Hadīth and the commentaries of ulamā’. In the context of this paper, the discussion will be based on how Islam explicitly evaluates the meaning and experience of happiness from the ethical perspectives. Two main sources will be employed in order to discuss this topic, namely the thoughts and arguments of al-Ghazālī and al-Attas. In addition, various Western perspectives will also be studied vis-à-vis the subject matter. It is hoped that the paper will provide sufficient discussion about the concept of happiness and its characteristics as well as being useful to contemporary scholars in developing further the discipline of Moral Philosophy besides being a minor contribution to the scholars the world over in understanding the concept of happiness. © 2019 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy.org.UK