Dr Israr Ahmed Said, The standards that are in our minds What are they… Success is about money? Success comes from property? Success comes from business? Success comes from fame? Success comes from power? These are the standards The richer you are, the more successful you are The more famous the more successful The more popular the more successful The one who becomes a leader – succeeded Whoever accumulated big business… is Successful Who made a lot of money – successful This is actually a delusion. You will strive according to your concept of success That is what the struggle will be for All your efforts will be for that You will work hard day in and day out for for it. This is what is being put down here. Success is not about wealth Success is not about fame Success Power And not by power and leadership Rather, success comes from faith By righteous deeds Advising each other for truth Advising each other for patience Please understand and focus On this Attitude – The mental attitude Only its change will bring about a revolution in the human personality Now what is the result you get? If you had success with wealth, ‘Qaron’ would have been very successful If success was through leadership,
power and kingdom
Pharaoh and Nimrod would have been very successful Success is not because of these in wealth if a man reaches the wealth of ‘Qaroon’ And take the place of Nimrod and Pharaoh in the world in terms of dominion and power and kingdom and leadership He has failed, he has lost, he has lost, he has lost And Abu Zar Ghaffari is successful Even if they had nothing Not even a hut Had no house The Holy Prophet has said: Some of Allah’s servants are like that Those who want to go to a gathering, they are not allowed to do so If someone wants to marry, then no one is willing to accept their proposal. If they put a request somewhere then no one listens to them But they have that position with Allah That even if they take a oath on something by mistake Allah accommodates their oath This is the difference Please understand… It’s easy to accept this It is easy to say Subhan Allah on this But change your mind accordingly… it is very difficult because we are.. affected by our environment There is a big palace Once you see it, you get inspired A big twenty feet long car when it passes by you it astonishes your atleast once. It seems that these are the lucky ones Very lucky Very successful But who knows That is the greatest misfortune This may be the biggest failure If it gets stuck in the mind what the success is about That is why the its in the Qur’an again and again. وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ These are the people who will succeed Today you heard those verses in prayer يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ارْكَعُوا وَاسْجُدُوا وَاعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمْ وَافْعَلُوا الْخَيْرَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ ۩ (سورة الحج، آیت 77) O you who believe! Bow down and prostrate Worship and serve your Lord And do good deeds so that you may prosper So what things make you successful This is the greatest lesson If we understand this properly Gets stamped Then life will change Morning and evening will change.
Lifestyle will change
Lifestyle will change. The direction of your efforts will change. The value structure will change The one thing that may seem very important today.. Tomorrow will look very insignificant As is the hadith of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) What do I care about this world of yours? My example is like that of a rider Which stays in the shade of a tree for a while to relax and then he moves on. he has no permanent connection to the tree That is not his home nor his destination. Similarly, this world is not my home Now, we say, إِنَإا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا لَِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
(Surat al-Baqara, 156) We are just travelers We have come from Allah and we have to return to Allah The Holy Prophet (SAWS) says: Live in this world like you’re either a stranger or a passerby. But when will this change happen? Until and unless this ayat is embedded in our minds. وَالۡعَصَرِ إِنَّ َّلۡإِنسَـٰنَ لَفِى خُسۡرٍ. إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ This is the real thing That i said I’d mention as to why the sahabah would remind each other. This is because, see If it is snowing and you go out, the snow accumulates on your clothes. So you shake the clothes to get the snow off On our faith while living in this world When we are affected by the environment the dust accumulates on it its covered with snow It needs to be kept shaking And the best way to shake And the most effective one is remember.. Success does not come from these things The radiance of the world All the sparkle that is shining on you Which is indulging you into it This word reminded me of Iqbal’s verse. That the identity of the infidel is that he is lost in the universe And the universe is lost in the believer. Don’t get lost in it Don’t be fooled Don’t be intimidated Let not the love of the world take you over. Does not impose on your hearts So keep reminding yourself وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ نسِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ لَفِى خُسۡرٍ ِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا⁇ وَعَمِلُواْ صلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ Be Reminded Refresh it This belief of yours Success is not about wealth Success does not come with wealth Success is not about power Success is not about fame Success is not about property Success is by faith Success comes from good deeds Success is by truth Success is by patience Here are four key pointers in moving forward.
Dr Israr Ahmed