An academic look into understanding how the Quran guides a person to experience happiness in this worldly life. True happiness in Islam is recognition of the ‘unconditioned self’ that is comprised of Divine Essence (the soul) but is hidden under layers of the ego, emotions, and perceptions of the world and one’s identity. It is through being conscious of God (Taqwa) and the notion of Oneness  (Tawheed) that one is able to witness and experience God and His Divine attributes, and therefore attain happiness.