This Is My Faith - Al-fatlawi, Ali - الصفحة ١٢٢ - Is Happiness and Misery from Allah?
Hasan: Very good question! But before we show their origins, we need first to shed light on their meanings.
Anwar: Yes, Very good.
Hasan: Happiness has been defined as an attribute to describe the slaves who achieve and enjoy a welfare that suits their body and soul. On the other hand, unhappiness is lack of this and being deprived from it.
Anwar: There are other definitions, but I think more or less they all say almost the same thing. Please, go on!
Hasan: We need here to demonstrate that these issues are mentioned in the Noble Quran and the Hadith. The Most Exalted Allah says in the Noble Quran:
(On the day when it cometh no soul will sneak except by His permission; some among them will be wretched, others glad۞As for those who will be wretched on that day they will be in the Fire; sighing and wailing will be their portion therein۞Abiding there so long as the heavens and the earth endure save for that which thy Lord willeth. Lo! Thy Lord is Doer of what He will۞And as for those who will be glad that day they will be in the Garden, abiding there so long as the