Living by the values of Islam is possible by applying the com-
mands and advice given in the Qur'an to every aspect of life. This
and the practice of the Sunnah is the only way that people can
achieve the best and happiest results in this world and the next.
Our Lord tells us in the Qur'an that a person can attain the best kind
of life by doing right actions:
Anyone who acts rightly, male or female, being a believer, We
will give them a good life and We will recompense them ac-
cording to the best of what they did. (Surat an-Nahl: 97)
By Allah's will, living according to the teaching of the Qur'an
and the Sunnah will enable people to develop a broad way of un-
derstanding, superior intelligence, the ability to distinguish right
from wrong and the ability to consider a matter in depth. These
characteristics will ensure that the person who possesses them will
live every moment of his life in the ease that comes from these ad-
vantages. A person who lives his life in submission to Allah and ac-
cording to the teaching of the Qur'an will be totally different from
other people how he behaves, sits and walks, in his point of view
and how he explains and interprets things, and in the solutions he
finds for the problems that confront him.
This book will examine the things a person does and the events
he encounters almost every day of his life from the point of view of
a Muslim who lives according to the teachings of the Qur'an. It will
show how a Muslim should react to the various daily events and
situations with which he is faced. The purpose of the book is two-
fold: to present an idea of the good life that can be had thanks to the
teaching of the Qur'an, and to invite all people into the superior life
offered by this teaching. It is certain that only the teaching of the
Qur'an makes it possible for a person to live every hour of every
day, and every moment of his life in a Paradise-like, peaceful envi-
ronment far from the stress, worry and anxiety of this world.
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