Tayyib Talks

What does it mean to be happy? Does eternal happiness exist in this world? How do we develop the virtue of temperance?

Find out the answers to these questions in our very first podcast with Prof. Yasien Mohamed, who's an emeritus Professor of the University of the Western Cape and senior fellow at Yaqeen Institute. 

Important minutes:

1:38: A short introduction about Prof. Yasien

11:30: Prof. Yasien's inspiration to write the article "The Idea of Happiness in The Qur’an"

13:55: A summary of the article

15:39: About internal and external happiness

18:00: What does the Qur’an say about the worldly pleasures

29:41: How to develop the virtue of temperance in a fast moving world to moderate desire

30:20: About the pursuit of material comfort and its illusion

41:40: Imam Al-Ghazali on following the middle path

44:00: What is generosity and how does it open Allah’s bounties

47:18: The importance of crafts on building a civilization

1:09:35: What's the secret to a happy marriage

1:11:50: Our three goals on this earth

The link to the article: https://yaqeeninstitute.org/yasienmohamed/the-idea-of-happiness-in-the-quran

We hope you will enjoy this podcast as much as we did.