Haifaa Younis – The Quran Has It All #23 Success

Haifaa Younis
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The speaker discusses the importance of success in dretion, which is the act of worship. Success is defined by the act of worship, which is the focus of one's life. Success is defined by the person and goals, and it is the act of worship that ultimately leads to success. The speaker emphasizes the importance of focus and putting goals in one's life to achieve success.
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Every one of us

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wants to be successful.

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What is wrong with that? Nothing.

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Alhamdulillah.

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Is success

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a concept that Allah spoke about in the

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Quran?

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And the answer is yes.

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One of the

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first ones where Allah

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started

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a surah

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by success is a sort of muminoon.

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Indeed,

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the believers

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are successful,

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but what kind of believers? And then he

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gives

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criteria,

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and

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he starts by salati yam chashiyam.

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Salah

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is the first indication of success

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in the sight of Allah, what he put

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in the Quran. Khashy'awn, meaning they are humble,

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they have submitted to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,

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they are obedient to Allah, during salah they

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are focused.

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This is in life. This is outside Ibadah,

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when they stay away from vain talk,

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not beneficial talk, let alone haram talk.

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Now back to an act of worship that

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also is an important

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concept in dunya, which is money.

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They absolutely do that without any hesitation.

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And

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chastity.

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Chastity

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they

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take care of or this is a priority

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for them, humbleness,

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chaste,

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dress the way that pleases Allah

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except with some exceptions

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as we spoke about when we talked about

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the dress code.

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And again, an important concept that will give

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me success

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is I keep my promise.

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I keep my covenant,

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I keep my word, I keep the appointments.

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If I say I'm coming at 8, I

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come at 8. If I am late, I'm

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gonna say I am late. These are daily

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things but a sign,

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subhanAllah, it's a sign of success in this

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dunni and Allah put it in the Quran.

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When someone trusts you with something, you keep

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the trust and it's an act of worship.

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Now he ended up started with salah and

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ended up with salah. When salah they really

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guard their salah. Salah is an important part

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of their life. Salah is something that they

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care about, that they it's a priority for

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them. So that's number 1.

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Success,

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Allah

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says, The personand look at this is in

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Surat al Imran,

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the words Allah used.

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Is when you push someone or someone is

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really being pulled

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to be away from danger,

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when that person was pushed away from the

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hellfire,

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And they entered Jannah faqatfaz.

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Success is

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when everything I am doing in this life

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is gonna

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make me

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move away from the hellfire and get me

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to Jannah, which means when I put up

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priorities in my life to be successful,

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first question should come to my mind. What

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will this do to me in the akhirah?

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Even if it is successful in the duniya

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standard,

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I'm gonna be rich. I am gonna be

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very successful

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just halal. But the question has to come

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with it. Is this gonna

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give me alfirah? Is this gonna push me

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away from the hellfire?

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Or this is gonna be a reason, may

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Allah protect us all, to get me closer

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to the hellfire?

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One of the

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practical

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advices

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that Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala,

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told us in the Quran helps me in

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success. What should I do to become successful

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in dunya? And after that he said,

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Anyone.

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And he said, Woman, anybody.

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Yota,

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obey.

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Allahu Rasoolah. Fakatfazafahuzan

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'Adhima. It's a very general

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statement. Whomsoever

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obey Allah and the Messenger

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Fakkad. Indeed. It's done.

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Faz, success. He will be successful. And what

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kind of a success?

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Successful,

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great success.

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Faz, Faz, Faz, and Adhima. So what do

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I need to do to be successful?

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Yes, focus,

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put goals. The goals are halal. I wanna

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be rich. I wanna be successful in my

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career, in my family, with my children. All

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these are absolutely

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fine. In fact,

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The strong believer is better than the weak

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believer, and both in both there is goodness.

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And what is strength? Money, wealth is a

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strength, education is a strength,

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status is a strength.

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However,

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as long as these,

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what

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Allah gave me in duniya,

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it will be under the category of success

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if this will lead me to Jannah,

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if this will not take me away from

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Allah, if this not will be the reason

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that I am not gonna go to Jannah

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or I'm gonna go to Jannah way late,

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and then I will say to Allah Subhanahu

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Wa Ta'ala,

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Allah send me back. I am gonna change.

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I am gonna do

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much better.

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I'm gonna do good and righteous deeds.

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So we all need to know as Muslims

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success is an Islamic concept.

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In fact, the believers were absolutely successful. Sahaba

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were successful.

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So being successful is an Islamic concept. It's

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the question is what kind of a success

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and what this success

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will

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bring for me or what fruit it will

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bring me in akhir. May

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Allah help us

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to learn to practice. May Allah

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make us successful both in Dunia and Akhirah

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and all the Muslims.

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