Formula for success

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

⚠️ AI-Generated Content: This transcription was automatically generated using AI. My brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah Allah SWT told us and gave us the formula of success in life. In Surah Al Nahal, Allah SWT said, Man amila saalihan min dhakarin aw unsaa wahuwa mu'minun. So two conditions. Man amila saalihan, the one who does good deeds, min dhakarin aw unsaa from the men or the women, wahuwa mu'min. And who is also a believer. So two simultaneous conditions. You must do good and you must also believe in Allah SWT. Because both are possible. It is possible that you, some people are, they claim to be Muslim, but then they do all kinds of stuff they should not do. On the other hand, there are people who do a lot of good. And we see a lot of people like this in this country. May Allah grant them all hidayah inshaAllah. But who are not Muslim, who do not believe in Allah SWT. So two conditions. Man amila saalihan min dhakarin aw unsaa wahuwa mu'minun. falanuhiyanahu hayatan tayyibatan walanajiyanahum ajrahum bi ahsani ma kanu yaamaloon. I see the generosity of Allah SWT. The one who does good deeds and is a mu'min. Allah SWT is saying two things. Allah says the first thing is, Allah says we will give them hayatan tayyiba. We will give them a beautiful existence, a beautiful life. Free from troubles, free from disease, free from calamities, free from you know, disobedient children, free from all kinds of things, right? All forms of stresses, all forms of hardships, free, pure life. Hula baraka khair, izza, people respect you, they honor you. Whatever you can imagine as good, Allah says we will give you this. And then Allah SWT says, this is the generosity of Allah SWT. Only Allah can be this generous. Allah says, walanajiyanahum bi ahsani ma kanu yaamaloon. Allah said and we will reward them in accordance with the best of their deeds, right? Best of their deeds. For example, now the great Salah tul Isha. We ask Allah SWT to accept it. We ask Allah SWT to reward us for it. But if you ask me, Sheik, what is the quality of your Salah tul Isha? How much reward do you think Allah will give you? What will I say? Right? So similarly, Salah tul Fajr, what was the quality of my Salah tul Fajr? Can I say Allah has accepted? No. But maybe in my whole lifespan or whatever lifespan Allah gives me, there will be one deed which Allah accepted. Maybe one Hajj, maybe one Omrah, maybe one small piece of charity I give somebody. Allah Allah. Which Allah accepted. That acceptance is huge, right? Allah says I will reward them according to that for all their deeds. Can you imagine? So I've got supposing, you know, you think of it like in a shop, your stock, right? So everything in the shop has some value. So there is something for one dollar, something for ten dollars, something for fifty dollars or a hundred dollars, so on and so on. And then you have this fantastic solitaire, you know, Koh-i-Noor or you've got this Jacob diamond or something, which is worth ten million dollars. Allah is saying I will reward you for everything including that one dollar topi for ten million. Can you imagine what that means before Allah on the Day of Judgment? Now, therefore what is Allah saying? What will bring about this beautiful life, this life which is free from stress, life which is free from calamities, life which is free from pain and suffering? What will bring that? Man amila saalihan fahuwa mumin. Two things. Good deeds and iman. Therefore, the usual understanding for all of this, if it works one way, the opposite also is true. Right? It's not only one. Opposite also is true. So if somebody does not have iman or if somebody has iman but does not do good deeds, then he will get the opposite of hayatan tayyiba. Hayatan tayyiba. A life which is hard, a life which is difficult. Allah says fa tu'minuna bi ba'di al-kitabi wa takfuroona bi ba'd. Now Allah is talking about people who are supposedly Muslim. We say la ilaha illa Allah.