Don't Be Sad - By Aaidh ibn Abdullah al-Qarni (A Few Excerpts from the Book about Happiness)

This website contains a few excerpts from the popular book "Don't be Sad" (original in Arabic) that discusses Happiness from an Islamic perspective.

There may be some grammatical errors in translation. You can download the actual E-book for free from islamhouse.com

Appreciate that, compared to others, your trial is light

If you know that your trial is not in your religion, but is in worldly matters, then be content.

Know that no trick or artifice can be used to undo what has already taken place. A poet said:

"Do not use trickery to change the circumstance,
For the only trick is in leaving all trickery."

Appreciate that the choice of what is good for you or not good for you belongs only with Allah:

...and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you. (Qur 'an 2: 216)