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This article discusses the role of reason, spirit and passion in human life according to Islamic teachings, and how these three elements interact with each other to achieve a balanced life. The purpose of this research is to understand how Islam teaches the management of reason, spirit and passion as fundamental elements in human life, so that true happiness in this world and the hereafter can be achieved. The method used in this research is literature review and text analysis of the main sources of Islam, such as the Qur'an and Hadith, as well as the opinions of relevant scholars and experts. The results of this study show that Islam emphasizes the importance of maintaining harmony between reason, spirit, and lust through worship, introspection, and self-control. The intellect functions as a tool for wise thinking and decision-making, helping humans understand religious teachings and controlling passions. The spirit as the spiritual essence connects humans with God, providing the impetus to do good and achieve spiritual happiness. Meanwhile, lust, which includes worldly urges, must be controlled so as not to lead humans to pleasures that violate sharia. The study concludes that the balance between these three elements leads to a meaningful life that is in line with the purpose of creation as servants of Allah.

The tradition of planting Tembuni (ari-ari) and preserving babies in Lampung culture is a form of local wisdom that still survives today, with a deep symbolic meaning as a hope for safety and happiness for newborn babies. This research aims to understand the meaning, spiritual values ​​and symbolism in the procession of planting tembuni and baby salvation. Qualitative research methods with an ethnographic approach were used through in-depth interviews with the community, traditional leaders and traditional birth attendants, as well as direct observation and literature review. The results of the research show that this tradition has a spiritual meaning that reflects a harmonious relationship with ancestors and nature, and is believed to have a positive influence on the baby's character as it is hoped that he will be a child who is respectful, not fussy, and has good luck in life. It can be concluded that this tradition not only contains spiritual and moral values, but also functions as social learning that strengthens the cultural identity and togetherness of the ultramodern Lampung community.

In the history of life, humans are creatures who always want to achieve something they want and when humans have it they feel it is happiness. Happiness is the main focus point of God creating humans but true happiness is focused on God's Love. God created humans to enjoy the love of God, that is true happiness, but as time goes by, after humans fall into sin, humans begin to drift away from true happiness and even live their lives in a hedonistic way. In this research the author used a descriptive research method of literature study by taking data from books and journals related to the discussion. So the author concludes that human happiness can only be received from God because it is eternal happiness.  

This meta-analysis aims to measure the correlation between transformational leadership and workplace happiness by considering the effect size. The number of studies used in this study were 12 studies from 7 literatures that were considered to have met the requirements. The total sample of this study was 2662 people. The results of this meta-analysis indicate that a significant positive correlation between transformational leadership and workplace happiness is found at 95% CI (0.279; 0.612). The relationship between transformational leadership and workplace happiness is included in the moderate category with a score of r = 0.445. Similar results were found in other sample groups, namely the employee group (95% CI [0.234; 0.507]) with a score of r = 0.371. ; the health worker group obtained a score of r = 0.219 with 95% CI [0.142; 0.297]) and in the academic staff group a score of r = 0.565 with 95% CI [0.320; 0.808]). The results of the heterogeneity test showed good results and no publication bias.

A sakinah family is understood as a harmonious family, where the values of Islamic teachings are upheld, and family members respect and love each other. In a sakinah family, each individual carries out their obligations well and helps each other. They also have a deep understanding of each other, so that conflicts that arise can be resolved in a good and wise way. This research discusses two main issues: the concept of a sakinah family in the perspective of Islamic Family Law and its implementation through the guidance of counselors in Jember Regency. The approach used is qualitative method, with data collection through observation, interview, and documentation. Data sources include primary and secondary data. The results showed that the concept of a sakinah family in Islamic Family Law is a family built on the basis of a legal marriage, hoping for the pleasure of Allah SWT, and prioritizing peace, tranquility, and happiness to achieve prosperity in the world and the hereafter. The sakinah family is the ideal condition expected by every individual in family life. Its implementation through counseling includes efforts to provide understanding to the community about the importance of building a sakinah family based on Islamic values. This counseling also targets prospective brides, including in the context of early marriage, so that they understand the meaning of marriage in accordance with the principles of sakinah, mawaddah, and rahmah.

Improving public health is essential to achieving a better quality of life. An effective approach is to educate the public about balanced nutrition and healthy lifestyle practices. While a balanced diet ensures that the body receives the necessary nutrients in appropriate amounts, a healthy lifestyle—including regular exercise, sufficient rest, and avoiding harmful habits—is equally important. These practices help strengthen and improve the immune system, leading to overall well-being and happiness. Educational programs play a crucial role in raising awareness and transforming behaviors toward healthier habits. This document discusses the importance of a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle while providing strategies for implementing educational programs for individuals and communities. Effective collaboration between the government, health institutions, and society is the key to achieving sustainable health improvements.

Human relations are a fundamental aspect of human social life, including in the student sphere. This research explores the role of human relations in creating a harmonious friendship environment on campus. Using Human Relations theory, this study highlights the importance of interpersonal communication, empathy, and conflict management in improving the quality of students' social interactions. A qualitative approach through participatory observation and literature review was used to deeply understand the phenomenon. The results showed that positive relationships between students can increase security, happiness, and productivity, as well as promote intellectual and emotional development. Conversely, poorly managed conflict can have a negative impact on academic performance and mental health.

Facial Emotion Recognition (FER) is a key technology for identifying emotions based on facial expressions, with applications in human-computer interaction, mental health monitoring, and customer analysis. This study presents the development of a real-time emotion recognition system using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and OpenCV, addressing challenges such as varying lighting and facial occlusions. The system, trained on the FER2013 dataset, achieved 85% accuracy in emotion classification, demonstrating high performance in detecting happiness, sadness, and surprise. The results highlight the system's effectiveness in real-time applications, offering potential for use in mental health and customer behavior analysis.

Knowledge plays a central role in Islamic teachings, both as a means to achieve worldly success and salvation in the afterlife. This study aims to examine the virtue of knowledge as the key to worldly and afterlife success based on the perspective of the Qur'an and hadith. The method used is a literature review with a thematic interpretation approach and hadith analysis to examine the verses of the Qur'an and hadiths related to knowledge. The results of the study show that the Qur'an and hadith firmly place knowledge in a very high position, with knowledge being the main factor that elevates human status, both in the world and in the afterlife. In Surah Al-Mujadilah verse 11, Allah SWT states that He will elevate the status of those who have knowledge, while the hadiths of the Prophet Muhammad SAW emphasize that knowledge is the path to heaven and good deeds whose rewards continue to flow. Knowledge not only leads to worldly achievements such as social, economic, and technological progress, but also becomes the main foundation for carrying out worship properly and obtaining happiness in the afterlife.

Self-confidence is an important element in achieving success and happiness, and has a significant positive relationship with motivation to learn. However, many individuals face challenges in building their self-confidence due to social pressure and negative experiences. In this context, this study explores sources of motivation from a Quranic perspective, specifically through Surah At-Thaha verses 25-28, which describe Prophet Moses' plea to Allah for peace and ease in facing life's challenges. Tafsir Al-Misbah by Quraish Shihab provides the insight that self-confidence should be built on faith in Allah and recognition of one's potential. This study also highlights the importance of social support, appreciation, and a supportive environment in building self-confidence. Using a qualitative approach and literature review, the results show that self-confidence can be strengthened through spiritual connection, internal reinforcement, and recognition of personal weaknesses, which ultimately encourages individuals to express themselves and reach their full potential. This research is expected to inspire readers to apply Quranic values in their daily lives, in order to increase self-confidence and freedom of expression.

This study aims to The purpose of this study is to understand and describe locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary speech acts in the Mappettuada tradition of the Bugis-Makassar ethnic group. The data in the study are in the form of linguistic units consisting of words, phrases, clauses, sentences of speech in the Bugis tribe's mappettuada tradition in online media (youtube). The results of the study revealed that the communication pattern of the Bugis tribe's mappettuada tradition is formed by the communication structure in a speech event between the speaker and the speech partner. The data in this study amounted to 29 data which were classified based on pragmatic theory, namely locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary speech acts. Locutionary speech acts were found in three forms of speech acts in the form of 2 declarative data, 2 interrogative data, and 2 imperative data. This proves that locutionary speech acts greatly influence the conversation process in the form of negotiations in determining the amount of money in the mappettu event. Illocutionary speech acts consist of 5 types, namely assertive speech acts with 4 data, directive 8 data, expressive 4 data, commissive 1 data, declarative 4 data. The assertive speech acts found consist of four forms of speech, namely mentioning, showing, informing and stating. The directive speech acts found consist of five forms of speech, namely inviting, requesting, charging, suggesting, and challenging. The expressive speech acts consist of three forms of speech, namely saying thank you, blaming and flattering. The commissive speech acts found consist of two forms of speech, namely swearing and promising. The declarative speech acts consist of four forms of speech, namely deciding, canceling, prohibiting, and granting. The most dominant speech act found in the interaction of the mappettu event is the directive speech act. In the perlocutionary speech act, data was found on two types of perlocutionary speech acts found, namely invitation speech acts and orders. In addition, there are also reactions or responses from the interlocutor when hearing the speech. The responses or reactions that arise include happiness, being more motivated, the effect of accepting the invitation, being more enthusiastic, immediately carrying out orders and so on.

Da'wah, as explained in the Qur'an, is an effort to invite individuals or groups, as well as the wider community, to embrace and apply Islamic teachings in daily life. This process is carried out in a sustainable and gradual manner, with the aim of internalizing, transmitting, and transforming the messages of Islamic teachings. This da'wah aims to direct humanity to goodness (al-khair), encourage good deeds (al-ma'ruf), and prevent bad actions (mungkar), so that they can achieve happiness in this world and the hereafter. The data used in this study were obtained through the author's observation of the YouTube account Noice (Different But Together). This article focuses on the implementation of da'wah activities on YouTube, as well as the oral and visual expressions used in these activities. The main methods applied by Habib Husein Jafar al-Hadar in his da'wah include emphasizing the themes of love, peace, and tolerance, using language that appeals to the younger generation, collaborating with popular YouTubers among young people, and delivering easy-to-understand da'wah material. Based on these findings, this article concludes that Habib Husein Jafar al-Hadar's da'wah activities have succeeded in attracting the attention of the current generation who often access YouTube, thus increasing the chances of da'wah collaboration to be well received.

The purpose of this research is to explain how the Dhammapada Scripture Cittavagga Poem uses directive speech acts. The information used in this study came from a variety of literature reviews on speech actions and the Dhammapada text, particularly the 11-verse Cittavagga poem, which has four lines of sacred words in one of its verses. A qualitative approach is the methodology that is employed. According to the study's findings, which were derived from a thorough debate and analysis, the most common types of directed speech are advise (four), reprimands (three), orders (three), invitations (one), and no mention of restriction. It is highly recommended to train, direct, and tame the mind in order to bring happiness. This is the main goal of the directive speech act of advice, which is a very dominant speech act in the linear Cittavagga poem. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining creativity and thoughts that frequently cannot be still and continue to change.

Marriage is a sacred goal in establishing a happy home that is eternal and based on the Almighty Godhead. The sacred bond of marriage is part of God's command, in order to fulfill basic, private needs. In fact, marriage is lived with full happiness, mutual love and meaning of life between husband and wife who were previously not the same, both in educational, family and cultural backgrounds. An ideal marriage is where a husband and wife unite their differences in unity of strength to form a happy household. In reality, not all married couples are able to realize happiness together in arranging their family's future life. Disagreements between husband and wife are triggered by differences in understanding in creating domestic happiness. Differences that were originally normal often lead to domestic violence. Married couples who are unable to control their emotions sometimes commit violence, whether by the wife or the husband, but in general domestic violence is carried out by the husband against his wife. This research tries to provide an overview of the triggers for domestic violence and solutions to overcome it.

This study focuses on the happiness of the elderly living in Panti Tresna Werdha Sabai Nan Aluih Sicincin, Padang Pariaman. An important part to help the elderly overcome the problems they face. This study aims to describe how happy the elderly are in the shelter, where happy elderly tend to be more open to new activities and have lower mortality and death rates. The method used is descriptive qualitative, with the main informant being the shelter officer and the elderly as supporting informants, and the study was conducted from January to June 2022. The results of the study show that the happiness of the elderly is reflected in their daily activities, such as skills guidance, health, religion, arts, social, to mutual cooperation and gymnastics. The elderly also fill their free time by reading the Qur'an and cleaning the environment. They feel happy because they are treated well, do not feel lonely, and consider the residents and staff of the shelter as family. Most of the elderly are comfortable living in the shelter and do not want to go home, even want to be buried there, showing that their happiness has been fulfilled at Panti Tresna Werdha Sabai Nan Aluih Sicincin.  

The purpose of this study is to understand the role of Panti Jompo Anugrah Pematang Siantar in achieving the happiness of the elderly. Nursing homes are very important to provide a safe environment and adequate care to improve the quality of life of the elderly, because they often face various social and emotional challenges. The interactions, conversations, and narratives among the elderly, workers, and the head of the foundation were analyzed in this study through discourse studies. This study was conducted with a qualitative approach and used participant observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. This study involved the elderly living in Panti Jompo Anugrah Pematang Siantar, nursing home employees, and the head of the foundation. This study is expected to provide a better understanding of the role of nursing homes in fulfilling the happiness of the elderly. The results are also expected to help related parties, including the government, elderly care institutions, and the general public, develop more efficient ways to improve the quality of life of the elderly living in nursing homes.

One of the literary works "Dodolitdodolitdodolitbret" by Seno Gumira Ajidarma is a story about spirituality, which is told in an ironic way and balances the real and the sign. As a spiritual story experienced by a character named Guru Kiplik. He was very sure that "right prayer is the secret of happiness" But everything changed when he met the nine sons of the island-children. Teacher Kiplik always doesn't accept that their morals are not right, but they can walk on water. The background of this research is the depth of analysis of the intrinsic elements of short stories. Part of the background to the research provided is based on the need for in-depth analysis of the intrinsic elements in the short story so that researchers understand the moral message and social criticism conveyed by the author. The problem in this research is how the intrinsic elements, namely theme, character, plot, setting, point of view, language style and message, work together to produce the meaning of the story. This research uses a structural approach with qualitative descriptive methods. The data used is secondary data obtained through reading and note-taking techniques, then analyzed using the relevant theories. The research results show that this short story has a main theme regarding true belief and opposing principles in carrying out prayer. Kiplik's teaching figures as well as the island's inhabitants reflect the difference between formality and spiritual sincerity. The forward plot, reflective setting, omniscient point of view, and symbolic language style support the delivery of the moral message that sincerity is more important than technical mores. This research recommends further exploration of Seno Gumira Ajidarma's works in the context of social criticism and spirituality, and the use of these short stories as teaching material for understanding humanist values ​​in literature.

Buddhism is a religion that aims to bring happiness to all living beings through mutual respect, acceptance, celebrating differences, and living peacefully. Of course, this kind of thing is in accordance with multicultural education, one of the aims of which is to develop the ability to recognize, accept, appreciate and celebrate cultural diversity. This qualitative research using literature studies analyzes the significance of multicultural education values ​​in Buddhist teachings. The data analysis technique uses content analysis by sorting things according to the focus and objectives of the research. This research produces the following three conclusions. First, Buddhism teaches tolerance so that its followers can listen to the teachings of other religions with full awareness as stated in "samaggā sakhilā hotha", meaning "let each other be in harmony and do good. Second, Buddhism teaches its followers to behave democratically, which was directly exemplified by the Buddha when making a decision for the Kalama people. Third, Buddhism teaches peace and always avoids all forms of conflict, hostility and fighting because those who can realize this truth will immediately end fighting.  

Happiness is one of the natural attitudes of humans when getting a lot of pleasure from Allah SWT, such as health and sustenance. However, not many of humans are correct in responding to these blessings, pleasures that are not properly addressed are termed istidraj. Istidraj is a punishment given by Allah SWT to the perpetrators of immorality in the form of worldly pleasures that seem beautiful but cause negligence in the real world. Therefore, it is necessary to be aware of istidraj as a sign of caution in order to avoid immoral acts. The phenomenon  of istidraj in this study explores the concept of this in the Qur'an through the perspective of two mufasirs, namely al-Imam al-Qurtubi and Wahbah al-Zuhaily in answering 2 focuses, namely: 1. How to interpret istidraj in the Qur'an according to al-Imam al-Qurtubi and Wahbah al-Zuhaily 2. What are the similarities and differences between al-Imam al-Qurtubi and Wahbah al-Zuhaily regarding istidraj. To understand the concept of the istidraj phenomenon, this study applies a qualitative method of literature study with a comparative study approach. In this approach, the researcher compares the interpretation of al-Imam al-Qurtubi through the tafsir "Al-Jami' li al-Ahkam al-Qur'an" with the interpretation of Wahbah al-Zuhaily through the tafsir "Al-Tafsir al-Munir". The researcher examined the interpretation data from the two mufasirs related to the concept of istidraj. A comparative approach is used to gain a deeper understanding and see the differences and similarities in the views of the two towards istidraj. As for the results of this research, al-Qurtubi sees istidraj as a gradual punishment process for those who deny the verses of Allah SWT. Wahbah al-Zuhaily sees it as a gift of favor or success. Both mufasirs agree that istidraj involves giving pleasure as a test of Allah. The difference in interpretation lies in the context of the object  of istidraj. al-Zuhaily emphasizes his interpretation on the test of a servant, while al-Qurtubi emphasizes the interpretation of istidraj on slow withdrawal as punishment.

The purpose of this research is to investigate and evaluate the meaning of happiness as it is presented in the Qur'an and to determine the aspects that, from an Islamic standpoint, affect achieving happiness. It is anticipated that this study will make numerous contributions. giving readers a more thorough grasp of the Islamic definition of happiness so that it might serve as a model for scientific advancement, particularly in the areas of positive psychology and religious studies. making contributions to the creation of educational and self-improvement initiatives grounded in the Qur'anic principles. Every human being has the common need to be happy. A thorough grasp of the notion of happiness is provided for Muslims who look to the Qur'an as their source of life direction. The study's findings can be used in a variety of contexts, including teaching, counseling, and therapy. The Qur'anic definition of happiness can serve as the foundation for intervention initiatives designed to enhance the well-being of both people and society.