01. An Ultimate Success
Allah swt has kept our success within ourselves. Our success / failure is a state of our inner conditions. We make an effort on ourselves to make ourselves valuable. Our rank in paradise is dependent on our inner value.
Our external conditions - Affluence / Poverty, Education / Illiteracy, Strength / Weakness, Health / Sickness have no relation to our success / failure. It is a false perception.
Peace (tranquillity) / Anxiety (Distress), Contentment / Greed, Happiness / Sadness, Hope / Fear, Love / Hatred are our inner conditions (Our emotional and psychological states). The improvement and deterioration of these conditions are not related to external conditions / factors.
Our inner (emotional / psychological) conditions totally depends on our belief system. The most valuable internal treasure / asset / capital for a Mo’min (believer) is our I’maan / Yaqeen / Belief (conviction), an unshakable faith, Trust in Allah swt.
Indeed the Hearts find Peace in the belief / Trust in Allah swt ( Quran )
Allah swt sent all messengers to make an effort on the hearts of the people.
Hadith Nabi saw - Heart and All our Actions
True eman bequeaths righteous deeds With true eman and righteous deeds, you will attain the Pleasure, Grace, and Mercy of Allah Through Allah’s Pleasure, Grace, and Mercy, you will enter the gardens of Paradise, inshā’allāh.
Once the yakeen is instilled within us, all the actions coming out of our body are inline with the Devine guidance from Allah swt, for the pleasure of Allah swt.
We attain pleasure of Allah swt. Allah swt creates a state of peace in our heart.
With Yakeen (an unshakable faith, Trust in Allah swt) and Aa’maal-e-Hasna / Sifa’at (good actions), Allah swt will create a state of inner success irrelevant of our external conditions / even without material possessions.
Whoever does good, whether male or female and is a believer. We will surely bless them with a good life. and We will certainly reward them according to the best of their deeds. [Qur’an 16:97]
**Allah can bring disgrace even in the presence of kingdom and wealth, and he can bring honour even in the state of dire poverty.
Stories in Quran…for our Guidance
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Allah has given us the wealth of effort of deen.
A Villager came to Nabi saw and said we brought I’maan - Not Imaan but have came into Islam. You will need to make an effort to instill imaan within you.. Quran
The shape of tangible things are built externally. The shape of yaqeen & sifat is built internally. What are we expending our efforts on: the internal or the external?
The external, man-made houses, cars etc don’t even move with us but our yaqeen & sifat will move with us in this world & the hereafter.
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**An unshakable faith, Trust in Allah swt is the most valuable asset for a Mo’min (believer).
It is important therefore that we build within us - the correct yaqeen & sifat.
For this we have the Masaajids.
A human’s most valuable internal treasure / asset / capital is his Yaqeen / Belief (conviction), and his Aa’maal (actions). If his actions are good then Allah will create a state of inner success, even without material possessions / irrelevant of our external conditions.
**Once the Belief / Trust in Allah swt is instilled, one uses not only one’s body, but also one’s faculties solely for the pleasure of Allah.
With Yakeen (an unshakable faith, Trust in Allah swt) and Sifa’at (good actions), Allah will create a state of inner success, even without material possessions / irrelevant of our external conditions.
**All Our Actions / Conduct reflects our belief / is a direct reflection of our belief.
Our Actions/Conduct is Totally depends on our belief.
— Allah swt has kept the secret to the total success of human beings within ourselves. Dignity and dishonour, happiness and problems, tranquillity and anxiety, and health and disease, are human beings’ internal conditions. The improvement and deterioration of these conditions are not related to external factors.