In other words...

In other words, in order to realize happiness, they must follow the course of their life or existence in accord with the provisions of their make-up, without interference, to its conclusion. A grain of wheat has a specific course in its plant life. In its make-up it has specific apparatuses and mechanisms that activate in special circumstances. It absorbs and consumes substances which it needs to grow and thrive in determined amounts and ratios.

Through a precise path, its primordial nature leads the grass of wheat to its goal. A wheat plant never alters its path, chosen by internal and external factors, in the course of its growth. For example, it would be impossible for it to change its course to that of an apple tree, grow a trunk, branches, and leaves and start flowering. It is also inconceivable that it might take up the course of a sparrow, grow a beak and wings and fly away.

This law governs all types of phenomena in creation and humans are not exempted from this general rule. Humans also possess a natural and compositional path and a journey’s end, which is their perfection, happiness, and bliss. The human composition is equipped with faculties that show us our natural path and lead us towards our true benefit.

Surely, those who virtuously cultivate their souls are saved and those who keep their souls from virtuous development despair.” [^3] The difference between Islamic and human laws From the foregoing discussion it is clear that the true life path of humankind which entails our happiness and bliss is the course led by nature and fitrah; it is based upon our genuine interests and benefits according to the requisites of our creation and that of the world—regardless of whether or not it accords with our feelings and emotions.

Desires, feelings and emotions should adhere to the guidance of nature and fitrah.