 what is a success and what is a failure you know our scholars when they discuss this question of success and failure they said if you examine human being inside each and every individual we are made up of two major attributes I want to please kindly pay attention it's very simple, it's not something complicated we are made up of two major attributes the one they call sifatu wakia and the second one sifatu nafsia what is sifatu wakia simple English translation actual attributes and then the second one is psychological attributes so success and failure there are psychological attributes I need to pay attention to them to understand hence our scholars when they were asked what is the definition of success they said ebaratuna alevatin akliya they said it refers to intellectual entertainment what is intellectual entertainment they said it's opposite sensory entertainment or sensory feeling if you like I give an example say a person is very thirsty you know the weather is too hot you exhausted from work so you come back home someone offers you a glass of cold water or a glass of orange juice when you drink cardio fill you feel good percussion how long does it last two hours it will not even reach two hours you will forget that is sensory enjoyment but say for instance you really looking for some masalah something you don't understand in Islam or even at your studies at work you trying to explore different avenues to understand it you contact that Mawlana or that scholar it takes you long but eventually you discover the truth how do you feel you feel good that's success what I'm trying to say is that success doesn't come cheap it comes with efforts hence Quran makes it very clear Allah said indeed those who strive in our way we will guide them towards our way to be spiritual mu'minin and mu'minat to be God loving to be connected with Allah you need to wake up in that coldness weather to pray your Fajr you need to drive from your home to come to the mosque you need to come to the mosque you need to come to the mosque you need to come to the mosque you need to come to the mosque that's why they said to be successful you have to ignore taste for a taste what taste? ignore temporary taste for permanent taste what is temporary taste donya permanent taste is when you connect with Allah to become spiritual doesn't mean you become unusual person Wallahi if you become spiritual you will enjoy the essence of creation Quran makes it very clear each and every individual is of his own spiritual status what is important is to make the effort keep determining keep making the effort Quran is saying my point is a rabbika you are forever twiling towards your Lord and lying towards your Lord meaning you are of your own spiritual status I am of my own spiritual status what Allah wants to see is that we compete with one another in seeking and yearning for Allah's Quran they said the strongest instinct in every human being is the instinct of love for life who doesn't love life the more money we make the more we want to make we love life who want to die only people when they get overwhelmed by troubles by problems forgetting Allah that's the time say better I go but otherwise we all love life and that is the nature of insan but what is beautiful about Quran and I want especially the young stars to pay attention to this Quran beautifully comes forward say that each and every individual depending on your age express your love for life differently Quran 57 verse 20 you know what Allah says stop there I am going to dissect this properly to understand what is a real success and what is a fake success and what you should fight for in your life dunia is nothing number one about sports sport here doesn't mean football whatever I will explain to you and then he says play number 2 and number 3 he said beauty and number 4 he said rivalry and number 5 he said vine in multiplication of wealth and children now when Allah is spelling out to all this as definition of dunia Allah is trying to tell us each and every one of us as a way of expressing his love for dunia let's begin number 1 innama lahaya to dunia la ebon I want to go direct translation indeed the life of dunia is a play Allah is not saying all of us we express our love for dunia by play it's referring to children up until 7 years of age children up until 7 years of age they express their love for life by play you go to our homes where we have children you they've got small room where they've got all their playing stuff you take them to shopping mall that's what they do that's what psychologists mention when children are up to 7 let them be, let them play because if you do not let them be you will kill their confidence that's how they express their love for life second one Allah said what is lahuan? amusement what is amusement to consider what is primary, secondary and what is secondary primary who express their love for life by lahuan it's not children of 7 years these are teens, teenagers teenagers if you have a teenager in your house sometimes you tell him hey baba this is the right, no no no baba I want this you seen this as a primary thing they have child seen it as something secondary or what you see secondary the child sees is primary this how they express their love for life third one Allah said zina beauty who express their love for dunia by this beauty these are people 20 and above 20 those of 20 years of timberland they want it this is not by coincidence this is the nature of the person 20, 21, 25 that's how they express their love for life they want something beautiful then Allah goes for it I want to please pay attention he said Allah and mutual rivalry we compete that's how we express our love for life if I wear my clothes Allah said the last one in multiplication of wealth and children. This is how after 40 up until Azarayil comes express the Allah's love. That's what our parents when he sit here his child come and mashallah he said mercy I feel good that's my son that's my son that's my son he feel good and he look at it bank account alhamdulillah at my age thank you for that i don't want to complain to iszuman tasha but you know our fathers they like it because at that age after 40 what else do you want you only look at your children and what you worked hard for it so that's how our fathers when they sit have got three children they are accomplished that one said i've got one child is accomplished that one said i've got that company that one said i've got that foundation that one said no no i supported that most that one said i supported that organization our parents how they express the Allah's love but you know why when they reach 40 a person starts to sense danger whether he will make another 40 or not Allah after 40 is not easy to get another 40 it's not a joke after 40 to go another 40 voila it's not easy i give you by 60 as a rain will start not him 140 and i've got all these people start to transfer into the names of their children they make a will family way listen very carefully please i've got the money i've got these two three houses i may go let him put it in the name of family foundation family name my son's name you know why because insan is thinking that when he dies his name will still continue because i know if i go to brother that name will continue kimji foundation nanji foundation what am i doing i know i'm going to brother but i know the name will continue it's good you know why insan does that because insan is thinking that that is a success i've done it in this world i'm going to kiyama i leave it behind also i am accomplished i am successive Allah Akbar Quran comes wordy and tells us that is a fake success is not a real success Allah Akbar i'm a professor so i wrote so many books i'm going legacy Quran comes wordy and said that is a fake success i built so much mansions i've got this content here it's a success but fake when we get that one from fake suratu al imran but 14 beautiful for them what was shahwati minan niso the love of women well banana and the love of children well cannot in the mukantara and the treasures of this world from the gold from the silver we made it seemingly beautiful to them Allah said don't worry this is all enjoyment of this world but the best success is with Allah that's why when i say la yagura naka takalubal ladhi naka faru fil bilal matahun kaleel from mama wafum chahanna mabisa al masif don't be so amazed when you see a person having dunya and doing us he or she please Allah said this is matahun kaleel this is something small and him belongs to Allah Allah don't be amazed somebody asked arrogant chilling enjoying don't worry you try connecting with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala but now if this are fake success brothers and sisters young and old what is a real success a real success is what Allah mentioned in quran Allah said indeed man amila salihaan minzakarin aw untha wa quwa mu'min wherever there's a sali good deed a male or a female and they are true believers Allah said we will grant them good living question what is good living is it to live in a big mansion no i always tell people if you want to see how insan is miskin of miskin you have a big house at night you go in one small corner and sleep you don't divide yourself that's insan for you that's insan for you we are limited by time we are limited by space so hayatun tiyyiba is worth when Allah said we'll grant them good living good living is is te karar wal ekme inanun nasi and real success is sukuun and peace of mind Allah today there is no peace of mind in the world and those who are in trouble are those who have amassed the entire world well now you go people they don't even have jobs but when they go to bed they sleep but there are people who got tens and thousands of wall they can't sleep at it's a let me man peace of mind today you find some of our youth confused they can't decide in their lives they try this they stop they try that they stop they try that they say baba come back to Allah Allah will guide you know what Allah says Allah said man a'arada an dikiri fa inna lahu ma'isha tundanaka whoever ignore my remembrance that person should be ready for difficult life so in other words if you want to have a good life a good living in the eye of Allah you have to do remembrance of Allah so whatever you do in life do not forget these points whether you are a businessman or you are a student or you are an islamic scholar or any other scholar the bottom line is whatever you do has to lead you to Allah swt if whatever you do do not lead you to Allah then islam doesn't regard it as fruitful