Since the existence of mankind, we never have seen a time, where the whole mankind has been provided inside a worldwide economy. There have been always lots of poor starving and dying of thirst, and on the other hand extreme rich people, who did not ...
Since the existence of mankind, we never have seen...
Money today is any good that functions as a medium of exchange that is socially and legally accepted in payment for goods and services and in settlement of debts. Money also serves as a standard of value for measuring the relative worth of different ...
Money today is any good that functions as a medium...
1. The Book of Allah in its written form makes the universal message of Islam fairly known to the Muslims/non-Muslims who can read Arabic with understanding. Exhorting the believers to reach a higher understanding, Allah expects them to ponder at the...
1. The Book of Allah in its written form makes the...
When Jesus started his mission, some Jews believed in him as being the Messiah. The original Old Testament must have spoken about this important prophecy. It is well known that Jesus did not come to change the Laws of Torah. Jesus' native language wa...
When Jesus started his mission, some Jews believed...
The Quran declares that we categorically have two worlds: the Seen; and, the Unseen. When light projects on material objects, man's naked eyes can see them. It is probably for this reason that Allah breathed His spirit (or essence which can be constr...
The Quran declares that we categorically have two ...
"He it is Who appointed the Sun a splendour and the Moon a light, and measured for her stages, that ye might know the number of the years, and the reckoning. Allah created not (all) that save in truth. He detaileth the revelations for people who have...
"He it is Who appointed the Sun a splendour and th...
"Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection." Quran (75:1) Believing in this day is one of the foundations of the Islamic faith. The Noble Quran makes very many references to it. All the prophets of Allah reminded their peoples about this monumental day...
"Nay, I swear by the Day of Resurrection." Quran (...
"Or (bethink thee of) the like of him who, passing by a township which had fallen into utter ruin, exclaimed: How shall Allah give this township life after its death? And Allah made him die a hundred years, then brought him back to life. He said: How...
"Or (bethink thee of) the like of him who, passing...
"Wait they for naught else than that Allah should come unto them in the shadows of the clouds with the angels? Then the case would be already judged. All cases go back to Allah (for judgment)." Quran (2:210) Both the Quran and the authenticated Sunna...
"Wait they for naught else than that Allah should ...
Justice, as Aristotle calls it, is a "complete virtue". It is the precondition of all value, the requirement for any kind of humanity (Nicomachean Ethics). It cannot replace happiness, but there can be no happiness without it (Comte - Spanvil, 2003)....
Justice, as Aristotle calls it, is a "complete vir...
Spinoza interpreted joy as what follows that passion, the passion by which the mind passes to a greater perfection, and by sadness, that passion by which it passes to a lesser perfection. The effect of joy, which is related to the mind and body at on...
Spinoza interpreted joy as what follows that passi...
A look at the evolution of the meaning of the term "happiness" in Western intellectual history puts these questions in a helpful, broader perspective. Happiness was originally understood as a product of chance. Etymologically, the English word derive...
A look at the evolution of the meaning of the term...
Philosophical discussion of the concept of 'happiness' has been tended to be found mainly within moral philosophy. It is associated especially with the classical utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. The utilitarian assert that happi...
Philosophical discussion of the concept of 'happin...
Mental Health Various studies have found that happiness relates more strongly to people's mental health than it does to their objective physical health; that is their health as assessed independently by a doctor (Martin, 2006, P. 105). Recreation Rec...
Mental Health Various studies have found that happ...
Friendship and social relations According to Argyle (2004), social relations have a very great effect on happiness and other aspects of health, and it might be the greatest single cause. In other studies, some evidences have been represented based on...
Friendship and social relations According to Argyl...
Cognition of the World Happiness depends on a considerable extent on how we think about the world, as well as our emotional responses. Someone who can think straight and solve real life problems is better equipped to be happy. Wisdom means being able...
Cognition of the World Happiness depends on a cons...
Jahidh (in Al-Hayawan) admits that the spiritual pleasures of the soul (quantitatively or qualitatively) are much higher than the sensory pleasures. It can be concluded from his writings that happiness is reaching the spiritual pleasures and attainin...
Jahidh (in Al-Hayawan) admits that the spiritual p...
It appears that we can hardly find any philosophers who have not spoken of happiness. It indicates the close relationship between philosophy and happiness. Some of philosophers have written much about happiness, and some less. Investigating the detai...
It appears that we can hardly find any philosopher...
One of the important factors of happiness is health. All pleasures of life are meaningless unless one is healthy. Imam Ali says that there is no goodness in life save with health. He also believes that through health, life pleasures are understandabl...
One of the important factors of happiness is healt...
One of the factors of man's life is to work. Imam Sadeq says that if all humans' needs were satisfied, life would not be delightful for them, and they would not enjoy it. Then he adds that the best tact for what has been created for human beings is i...
One of the factors of man's life is to work. Imam ...
Since working is one of the factors of happiness, while on the other hand continuous working and effort makes one tired, we need enough sleep, which is in itself one of the other factors of happiness. The Qur'an says, "And We made your sleep to be re...
Since working is one of the factors of happiness, ...