Living up to our Name from the Quran and Sunnah

[Ahmed El-kadri]

Bismillah Ar Rahman Ar Raheem

Assalamu 'Alaykium Wa Rahmetullahi Wa Barakatuhu,

How do we live up to our name according to the Quran and Sunnah. SubhanAllah, this morning I read this Ayah and thought of our Qabeelah. Lets list any reference on how Allah swt guides us to be the successful ones from the Quran and Sunnah. I'll start us off.

3. Ali-Imran:200

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱصۡبِرُواْ وَصَابِرُواْ وَرَابِطُواْ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ

O you who have believed, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful.

[AFarah]

Walaykum assalamu Warahmtullahi Warakatuhu,

Al-imran:104
‏وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌۭ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَأُو۟لَٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ


104. Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good (Islam), enjoining Al-Ma'ruf (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do) and forbidding Al-Munkar (polytheism and disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden). And it is they who are the successful.

[Hafsa A]

^ Mashallah, nice thread, great reminders for us all.

Wa'alaykumasalaam Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh Wamagfiratan :)

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ارْكَعُوا وَاسْجُدُوا وَاعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمْ وَافْعَلُوا الْخَيْرَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

O you who believe! Bow down, and prostrate yourselves, and worship your Lord and do good that you may be successful.

(Surah Hajj: 77)

[bint_habibullah]

I like this thread. I love the word falah even more so I'd like to contribute. :)

Al Baqarah: 1-5
The characteristics of the muttaqeen are that they are successful!

الم

Alif. Laam. Meem.

ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لاَ رَيْبَ فِيهِ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

That is the book that has no doubt in it (at all); a guide for the Muttaqeen.

الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَيْبِ وَيُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَاهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

Those who believe in the unseen and perfectly establish the salah and from what we provide to them, they spend from it.


والَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ وَبِالآخِرَةِ هُمْ
يُوقِنُونَ
And those who believe in what was revealed to you (O Muhammad - salallahu 'alaihi wa salaam) and what was revealed before you (O Muhammad - salallahu 'alaihi wa salaam) and in the Hereafter they are absolutely sure.

أُوْلَئِكَ عَلَى هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ


Upon those is the guidance from their Rabb, and those, they are the muflihoon (the successful ones).

[bint_habibullah]

Wouldn't it be interesting to have a thread for qabeelat fawz as well? Fawz and Falah are success, but let's see who can point out the differences. :)

[Shabab Al-Salim]

سُوۡرَةُ المؤمنون
بِسۡمِ اللهِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِيۡمِ
قَدۡ اَفۡلَحَ الۡمُؤۡمِنُوۡنَۙ‏ ﴿۱﴾ الَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ فِىۡ صَلَاتِهِمۡ خَاشِعُوۡنَ ۙ‏ ﴿۲﴾ وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ عَنِ اللَّغۡوِ مُعۡرِضُوۡنَۙ‏ ﴿۳﴾ وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ لِلزَّكٰوةِ فَاعِلُوۡنَۙ‏ ﴿۴﴾ وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ لِفُرُوۡجِهِمۡ حٰفِظُوۡنَۙ‏ ﴿۵﴾ اِلَّا عَلٰٓى اَزۡوَاجِهِمۡ اَوۡ مَا مَلَـكَتۡ اَيۡمَانُهُمۡ فَاِنَّهُمۡ غَيۡرُ مَلُوۡمِيۡنَ*ۚ‏ ﴿۶﴾ فَمَنِ ابۡتَغٰى وَرَآءَ ذٰ لِكَ فَاُولٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ الۡعٰدُوۡنَ* ۚ‏ ﴿۷﴾ وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ لِاَمٰنٰتِهِمۡ وَعَهۡدِهِمۡ رَاعُوۡنَ ۙ‏ ﴿۸﴾ وَالَّذِيۡنَ هُمۡ عَلٰى صَلَوٰتِهِمۡ يُحَافِظُوۡنَ*ۘ‏ ﴿۹﴾ اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ الۡوَارِثُوۡنَ ۙ‏ ﴿۱۰﴾ الَّذِيۡنَ يَرِثُوۡنَ الۡفِرۡدَوۡسَؕ هُمۡ فِيۡهَا خٰلِدُوۡنَ‏ ﴿۱۱﴾ وَلَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ مِنۡ سُلٰلَةٍ مِّنۡ طِيۡنٍ* ۚ

Certainly will the believers have succeeded:

They who are during their prayer humbly submissive.

And they who turn away from ill speech.

And they who are observant of zakah.

And they who guard their private parts.Except from their wives or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they will not be blamed -

But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors -

And they who are to their trusts and their promises attentive

And they who carefully maintain their prayers -

Those are the inheritors

Who will inherit al-Firdaus. They will abide therein eternally.

SURAH AL MU'MINUN, VERSES 1-11.

[Ahmed El-kadri]

Sahih Bukhari,
Volume 1, Book 2, Number 44:
Narrated Talha bin 'Ubaidullah:

A man from Najd with unkempt hair came to Allah's Apostle and we heard his loud voice but could not understand what he was saying, till he came near and then we came to know that he was asking about Islam. Allah's Apostle said, "You have to offer prayers perfectly five times in a day and night (24 hours)." The man asked, "Is there any more (praying)?" Allah's Apostle replied, "No, but if you want to offer the Nawafil prayers (you can)." Allah's Apostle further said to him: "You have to observe fasts during the month of Ramad, an." The man asked, "Is there any more fasting?" Allah's Apostle replied, "No, but if you want to observe the Nawafil fasts (you can.)" Then Allah's Apostle further said to him, "You have to pay the Zakat (obligatory charity)." The man asked, "Is there any thing other than the Zakat for me to pay?" Allah's Apostle replied, "No, unless you want to give alms of your own." And then that man retreated saying, "By Allah! I will neither do less nor more than this." Allah's Apostle said, "If what he said is true, then he will be successful (i.e. he will be granted Paradise)."

[faisel]

Bro, this is an awesome thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SubhanaAllah, I'm inspired to read sura #2 and find some ayats as I know for a fact there are a few verses that come to mind, but I can't recall the exact verses.

[AFarah]

Assalamu Alaykum Warahmatullah,

Surat Al-Qasas:67

فَأَمَّا مَن تَابَ وَءَامَنَ وَعَمِلَ صَـٰلِحً۬ا فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحِين

But as for him who shall repent and believe and do right, he haply may be one of the successful.

[AFarah]

Surat Ar-Rum: 38

فَـَٔاتِ ذَا ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ حَقَّهُ ۥ وَٱلۡمِسۡكِينَ وَٱبۡنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ*ۚ ذَٲلِكَ خَيۡرٌ۬ لِّلَّذِينَ يُرِيدُونَ وَجۡهَ ٱللَّهِ*ۖ وَأُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ


So give to the kinsman his due, and to the needy, and to the wayfarer. That is best for those who seek Allah's Countenance. And such are they who are successful

[hadeel]

Mashallah, I am loving this thread :D
Jazak allah Kheer for starting it brother Ahmed :)

[Hafsa A]

Al-Nour [24:51]

إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا وَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ


The answer of the Believers, when summoned to Allah and His Messenger, in order that He may judge between them, is no other than this: they say, "We hear and we obey": it is such as these that will attain felicity (success).

[hadeel]

{ومن يوق شح نفسه فأولئك هم المفلحون } [التغابن: 16]

“ Fear Allah as much as you are able and listen and obey and spend [in the way of Allah]; is better for your souls. And whoever is protected from the stinginess of his soul- it is those who will be the successful” (Taghabun, Ayah #16)

[hadeel]

الاعراف

Then verily We shall question those unto whom (Our message) hath been sent, and verily We shall question the messengers(6) Then verily We shall narrate unto them (the event) with knowledge, for We were not absent (when it came to pass)(7) The weighing on that day is the true (weighing). As for those whose scale is heavy, they are the successful(8)

[hadeel]

{إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالأَنصَابُ وَالأَزْلاَمُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ }

(المائدة: 90)

O you who believe! intoxicants and games of chance and (sacrificing to) stones set up and (dividing by) arrows are only an uncleanness, the Shaitan's work; shun it therefore that you may be successful.

[hadeel]

Hadeeth

حدَّثنا إِسماعيلُ قال: حدَّثني مالِكُ بنُ أنَسٍ عنْ عَمِّهِ أبي سُهَيلِ بن مالكٍ عنْ أبيهِ أنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَلْحَةَ بنَ عُبَيدِ اللّهِ يقولُ: «جاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلى رسولِ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلّم مِنْ أهلِ نَجْدٍ ثائرَ الرأْسِ يُسمعُ دَوِيُّ صَوتِه ولا يُفْقَهُ ما يقولُ، حتى دَنا، فإِذا هُوَ يَسْألُ عنِ الإِسلام، فقال رسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلّم: خَمسُ صَلَواتٍ في الْيَوْمِ والليلةِ. فقال: هَل عَلَيَّ غَيْرُها؟ قال: لا، إِلاّ أنْ تَطَوَّعَ. قال رسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلّم: وَصِيامُ رَمَضانَ. قالَ: هلْ عَلَيَّ غَيرُهُ؟ قال: لا، إِلاّ أن تَطَوَّعَ. قال وَذَكرَ له رسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلّم الزَّكاةَ، قال هلْ عَلَيَّ غَيرُها؟ قال: لا، إِلاّ أن تَطَوَّعَ. قال فأدْبرَ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ يقولُ: وَاللّهِ لا أزِيدُ عَلَى هذا ولا أنقُصُ. قال رسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله علي
وسلّم: أفْلَحَ إِنْ صَدَقَ».

I know that we studied this hadeeth in one of our classes, but i just can't find the translation of it, if any one finds it plez post it for us :D

The moral of this hadeeth >
The man will be successful if he "truly" prayed his five daily prayers, fasted in ramadan & pay his zakah.

[hadeel]

Subhan allah, this topic is making me review my old seminars for the purpose of finding more about Almuflehoun, lol

Here is a reminder of who the successful are from Heraclius’s mouth!!!

!فأذِنَ هِرَقلُ لعُظماءِ الرُّوم في دَسْكَرَةٍ له بحِمْصَ، ثم أمرَ بأبوابها فَغُلِّقَتْ، ثم اطَّلَعَ فقال: يا مَعْشَرَ الرُّوم، هلْ لكُمْ في الفَلاحِ والرُّشْدِ، وأنْ يَثبُتَ مُلكُكمْ ، فتُبايعوا هذا النبيَّ؟

“Heraclius invited all the heads of the Byzantines to assemble in his palace at Homs. When they assembled, he ordered that all the doors of his palace be closed. Then he came out and said, 'O Byzantines! If success is your desire and if you seek right guidance and want your empire to remain then give a pledge of allegiance to this Prophet (i.e. embrace Islam).”

> For the whole story of this hadeeth, look up Saheeh AlBukhari> the Book of Revelation> Hadeeth # 6

[faisel]

Sura 2:5

These depend on guidance from their Lord. These are the successful.

[Ahmed El-kadri]

I believe this is the Hadeeth. Its not the same narrator but its the same message.

Sahih Bukhari, Book 2:Belief
Volume 1, Number 44:
Narrated Talha bin 'Ubaidullah:

A man from Najd with unkempt hair came to Allah's Apostle and we heard his loud voice but could not understand what he was saying, till he came near and then we came to know that he was asking about Islam. Allah's Apostle said, "You have to offer prayers perfectly five times in a day and night (24 hours)." The man asked, "Is there any more (praying)?" Allah's Apostle replied, "No, but if you want to offer the Nawafil prayers (you can)." Allah's Apostle further said to him: "You have to observe fasts during the month of Ramad, an." The man asked, "Is there any more fasting?" Allah's Apostle replied, "No, but if you want to observe the Nawafil fasts (you can.)" Then Allah's Apostle further said to him, "You have to pay the Zakat (obligatory charity)." The man asked, "Is there any thing other than the Zakat for me to pay?" Allah's Apostle replied, "No, unless you want to give alms of your own." And then that man retreated saying, "By Allah! I will neither do less nor more than this." Allah's Apostle said, "If what he said is true, then he will be successful (i.e. he will be granted Paradise)."





Hadeeth

حدَّثنا إِسماعيلُ قال: حدَّثني مالِكُ بنُ أنَسٍ عنْ عَمِّهِ أبي سُهَيلِ بن مالكٍ عنْ أبيهِ أنَّهُ سَمِعَ طَلْحَةَ بنَ عُبَيدِ اللّهِ يقولُ: «جاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلى رسولِ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلّم مِنْ أهلِ نَجْدٍ ثائرَ الرأْسِ يُسمعُ دَوِيُّ صَوتِه ولا يُفْقَهُ ما يقولُ، حتى دَنا، فإِذا هُوَ يَسْألُ عنِ الإِسلام، فقال رسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلّم: خَمسُ صَلَواتٍ في الْيَوْمِ والليلةِ. فقال: هَل عَلَيَّ غَيْرُها؟ قال: لا، إِلاّ أنْ تَطَوَّعَ. قال رسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلّم: وَصِيامُ رَمَضانَ. قالَ: هلْ عَلَيَّ غَيرُهُ؟ قال: لا، إِلاّ أن تَطَوَّعَ. قال وَذَكرَ له رسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلّم الزَّكاةَ، قال هلْ عَلَيَّ غَيرُها؟ قال: لا، إِلاّ أن تَطَوَّعَ. قال فأدْبرَ الرَّجُلُ وَهُوَ يقولُ: وَاللّهِ لا أزِيدُ عَلَى هذا ولا أنقُصُ. قال رسولُ اللّهِ صلى الله علي
وسلّم: أفْلَحَ إِنْ صَدَقَ».

I know that we studied this hadeeth in one of our classes, but i just can't find the translation of it, if any one finds it plez post it for us :D

The moral of this hadeeth >
The man will be successful if he "truly" prayed his five daily prayers, fasted in ramadan & pay his zakah.

[bint_habibullah]

Sura 2:5

These depend on guidance from their Lord. These are the successful.As salaam alaikum wa rahmatull, br. faisel.

I think a better translation would be "They are on (true) guidance from their Lord, and they are the successful" inshaAllah.

[bint_habibullah]

Suratul 'Alaa ayaat 14-15

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّى


Indeed whosoever purifies himself (by avoiding polytheism and accepting Islâmic Monotheism) shall achieve success,

وَذَكَرَ اسْمَ رَبِّهِ فَصَلَّى

And remembers (glorifies) the Name of his Lord (worships none but Allâh), and prays (five compulsory prayers and Nawâfil — additional prayers).

[Amatullah]

وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
and remember Allah much: that you may be successful. (62:10)

[hadeel]

"قالت عائشه رضي الله عنها: قد افلح من جعل الله له عقلا"

Aisha ( Radya Allahu Anha) Said : he is succeeded who is that Allah make him intelligent.

This was taken from Ibin Al qiyem's book. "Rawdat Al Muhebeen".

[Ahmed El-kadri]

Sahih Muslim
Book 5, Number 2293:

'Amr b. al-'As reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: He Is successful who has accepted Islam, who has been provided with sufficient for his want and been made contented by Allah with what He has given him.

[Ahmed El-kadri]

[Al Baqarah(2), 189]

يَسۡـَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلۡأَهِلَّةِ*ۖ قُلۡ هِىَ مَوَٲقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلۡحَجِّ*ۗ وَلَيۡسَ ٱلۡبِرُّ بِأَن تَأۡتُواْ ٱلۡبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلۡبِرَّ مَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ*ۗ وَأۡتُواْ ٱلۡبُيُوتَ مِنۡ أَبۡوَٲبِهَا*ۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّڪُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ

They ask you, [O Muhammad], about the new moons. Say, "They are measurements of time for the people and for hajj." And it is not righteousness to enter houses from the back, but righteousness is [in] one who fears Allah. And enter houses from their doors. And fear Allah that you may succeed.

[Ahmed El-kadri]

3:130 :

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَأْكُلُوا الرِّبَا أَضْعَافًا مُّضَاعَفَةً ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّـهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

3:130 : O you who believe! do not devour usury, making it double and redouble, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, that you may be successful.

[Ahmed El-kadri]

3:134:
الَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ فِي السَّرَّاءِ وَالضَّرَّاءِ وَالْكَاظِمِينَ الْغَيْظَ وَالْعَافِينَ عَنِ النَّاسِ ۗ وَاللَّـهُ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ


3:134: Those who spend (benevolently) in ease as well as in straitness, and those who restrain (their) anger and pardon men; and Allah loves the doers of good (to others).

[Suzanne S]

Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatu Allahi Wa Barkatuh,

A man came to the Prophet Salla Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam and asked, “What is tazkiyatun-nafs (purification of the soul) ?” The Prophet Salla Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam replied, “That a person knows Allah is with him wherever he is.” [Saheeh Al-Tabarani]
Success in the Qur’an is tied directly to the purification of the soul. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala takes seven consecutive oaths, found nowhere else in the Qur’an. When Allah ta’ala takes an oath, the object that is sworn by is great and the subject that the oath is taken for is great. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala takes oath after oath, citing the most magnificent creations around us: the sun, the moon, the day, the night, the sky, the earth, and the soul, all to convey to mankind that success and failure is throughTazkiyah:

قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّاهَا
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّاهَا
“Indeed he succeeds who purifies his ownself, And indeed he fails who corrupts his ownself.” (91:9-10)


Taken from: http://muslimmatters.org (http://muslimmatters.org/2009/12/10/the-supplication-series-purification-of-the-soul/) - The Supplication Series: Purification of the Soul

[Ahmed El-kadri]

Al Ma'idah 5.35

يَيَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱبۡتَغُوٓاْ إِلَيۡهِ ٱلۡوَسِيلَةَ وَجَـٰهِدُواْ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ لَعَلَّڪُمۡ تُفۡلِحُونَ


O you who have believed, fear Allah and seek the means [of nearness] to Him and strive in His cause that you may succeed.

[hadeel]

Good old posts...
I wonder if we can find more :D
but the deal is... to live up the name by living up the actions that were mentioned in the Quran & Sunnah :D