When Happiness Fails: A Reflection on Submission and Self-Knowledge

Khaled Abou El Fadl

“In my view, happiness is possible only if people are free to grow with and into God. However, when submission becomes a formulaic relationship based not on knowledge, grace, and love, but on generalized stereotypes about history, societies, and people—indeed, when submission becomes a relationship based on a stereotyped understanding of one’s self dealing with a stereotypical understanding of an omnipotent but inaccessible God, unhappiness will become the norm.” ~ Kh. Abou El Fadl

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