"The Attainment of Happiness" is one of the most profound and beautiful works written by Abu Nasr al-Farabi. It represents the philosophical core of his school of thought, which combined wisdom, reason, and virtue. In this brilliant work, al-Farabi draws a philosophical map of man's path to happiness, linking knowledge and virtue, self-discipline, and the realization of truth. He believes that happiness is not a fleeting pleasure, but rather a state of harmony between the soul, reason, and the universe, achieved when man attains human perfection through knowledge and action. This text is presented in its original edition, using al-Farabi's precise language and refined philosophical terminology, as written in the fourth century AH. It reveals the depth of the Islamic vision of wisdom as a path to happiness in this world and the hereafter. "The Attainment of Happiness" is not only a philosophical work; it is a sublime human call to awareness and contemplation, and to building life on the foundations of reason, virtue, and knowledge. It is one of the texts that, after a thousand years, still illuminates the path of those seeking meaning, and confirms that philosophy was and remains a pursuit of true happiness.
