CONTENTS

30 7TH STAGE: SUBMISSION OF THE WILL TO ALLAH

29 6TH STAGE: REACHING IKHLAS (Purity)

28 5TH STAGE: SUBMISSION OF THE SOUL TO ALLAH

26 4TH STAGE: SUBMISSION OF THE PHYSICAL BODY

22 3RD STAGE: SUBMISSION OF THE SPIRIT TO ALLAH

17 2ND STAGE: DEPEND (TAKE AN ALLEGIANCE) ON THE RELIGIOUS GUIDE

14 1ST STAGE: WISHING TO REACH ALLAH

A heartfelt wish from your heart will reach Allah. Allah doesn't look at your lips. Allah always looks at your heart. Will there be a desire in your heart to reach Allah?

DR. ABDULCABBAR BORAN

14 THE FORMULA FOR HAPPINESS IN THE QUR'AN: 7 STAGES 4 SUBMISSIONS

32 REAL LIFE STORIES

First you will like Allah. Then you will love Him. Then you will fall in love. And finally, you will admire. Your happiness parallels the degree to which you love Allah.

Happiness and living for others are equivalent principles. Only people who live for others are happy.

10 HAPPINESS IN OUR OUTER WORLD

Happiness in the inner world is the establishment of a balance between the spirit and the soul.

8 HAPPINESS IN OUR INNER WORLD

Happiness is the fruit of a relationship between you and Allah.

DR. ABDULCABBAR BORAN

6 ALLAH WANTS YOUR HAPPINESS

You are loved more than you ever expected, more than you ever hoped. Do you know how much you are loved?

DR. ABDULCABBAR BORAN

4 INTRODUCTION - ALLAH LOVES YOU

12 THE HAPPINESS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ALLAH

REAL LIFE STORIES "Even though I was a Hafiz (memorizer), I couldn't find Allah, I couldn't be like those saints, I couldn't even perform salat."