For those who submit to Allah and accept his guidance, the intended result is success in this life and the next. The call of Islam is a call to success. This call to success is proclaimed in the call to worship, which sounds forth to Muslims five times a day (in Arabic):
Allah is Greater! Allah is Greater! الله اكبر ,الله اكبر
Allah is Greater! Allah is Greater! الله اكبر ,الله اكبر
I witne
ss that there is no god but Allah. أشهد أن لا اله إلا الله
I witness that there is no god but Allah. أشهد أن لا اله إلا الله
I witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله
I witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. أشهد أن محمدا رسول الله
Come to worship. Come to worship. حي على الصلاة,حي على الصلاة
Come to success. Come to success. حي على الفلاح,حي على الفلاح
Allah is Greater! Allah is Greater! الله اكبر,الله اكبر
Allah is Greater! Allah is Greater! الله اكبر,الله اكبر
There is no god but Allah. لا إله إلا الله
~ Islam treats the term ‘success’ in a much deeper and vaster meaning of the term than simply attaining something as transient as wealth, or fame or position! Islam treats wealth, or fame, or position in the life of this world as a distribution of the bounty of the Merciful Lord to any amongst His slaves as He Pleases, and not a barometer of success!
~ Islam treats the term ‘success’ in all its true manifestations; and guides to a path which will lead to ‘success’ or the accomplishment of one’s aim in this transient world, and in the eternal Hereafter; without separating the success of the world from the Hereafter! Islam guides to a Straight Path, which leads to success both in this world, and in the Hereafter. But without a doubt, Islam advocates and encourages its believers to strive and prefer the success of the Hereafter; for that is indeed what Allah Subhanah calls the Supreme Success! The Holy Quran emphasizes the importance of success a great deal. According to the Quran the successful ones are:
- Who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them,
- And who believe in what has been revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you, and of the Hereafter they are certain [in faith].
- Those are upon [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful.
[Al-Quran: Chapter 2 - Surah Al Baqarah: verses 3-5]
In another verse of the Glorius Quran Allah SWT Says in Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 69:
- All who obey Allah and the Messenger are in the company of those on whom is the Grace of Allah: of the Prophets, the sincere (lovers of truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the righteous (who do good):
