Subject: [Masjid Tucson] Submission weekly reminder

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Peace be upon you,

The Quran teaches us that Happiness is Submission to God. So, to find happiness we should believe and lead a righteous life. We should seek to please God in everything we do. This includes observing the Contact Prayers (Salat), giving the obligatory charity (Zakat), fasting during Ramadan, observing the Pilgramage if we can afford it. And observing every commandment, e.g., praising and glorifying God through the day, Quran 20:130.

	Happiness: Now and Forever*
[Quran 10:62] Absolutely, GOD's allies have nothing to fear, nor will they grieve.
[10:63] They are those who believe and lead a righteous life.
[10:64] For them, joy and happiness in this world, as well as in the Hereafter. This is GOD's unchangeable law. Such is the greatest triumph.
*10:62-64 Most people think that they have to wait until the Day of Resurrection before they receive their rewards for righteousness, or the retribution for wickedness. But the Quran repeatedly assures the believers that they are guaranteed perfect happiness here in this world, now and forever. At the end of their interim here, they go directly to Paradise (see Appendix 17).


May God help us to be devoted to Him alone and follow His words in the Quran, so that we may be happy now and forever!


References:
Perfect Happiness: Now and Forever, https://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/appendices/introduction.html#perfect_happiness
Happiness, https://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2019/may/page2.html
Happiness is Submission to God Alone, https://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2007/jul/page1.html

Peace.