Weekly Audio Lecture Notes

Title: “The People of Success”
The People of Success
Given By: Faraz Khan
Place: Iqra Community, North Brunswick
Written By: Saher Jilani

Summary: This particular discussion explains the detailed tafsir of the first 10 ayat of surah al Mu’minun. Br. Faraz speaks about the people of success, those who are the believers, al mu’minun.

“Successful are indeed the believers.
Those who humble themselves in their prayers
And those who turn away from vain talk
And those who pay the Zakat
And those who guard their chastity
Except from their wives that their right hands posses, for then, they are free from blame;
But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors;
Those who are faithfully true to their Amanat and to their covenants;
And those who strictly guard their prayers
These are indeed the inheritors” (Qur’an 23: 1-10)

He further elaborates the 5 righteous qualities we need in order to attain success. They include:

1. Being humble in our prayers and having khushoo in our hearts. Humility is equivalent to ‘submission to Allah'. In prayer, by prostrating ourselves to the ground, we acknowledge our utmost humility before Allah (swt).

2. Avoiding idle speech including vain talk, nonsense, or any talk that does not benefit the Hereafter. Also avoiding habits of overeating and oversleeping for these acts cause emptiness of dhikr of Allah.

3. Giving zakah in the way of Allah. Zakah means to ‘purify’ oneself. Other acts of purification include avoiding backbiting, being mindful of our tongue, preventing shaytaan from fooling our thoughts, being heavenly in our aspirations.

4. Guarding our Chastity. To remember the bounties of Allah (swt), not to transgress, and not to go beyond the limits of Allah.

5. Being truthful & faithful. To remember that Allah will question us on our deeds and we have to essentially answer to Him.

With this meaningful explanation of such a beautiful surah, Br. Faraz also reminds us that success eternally lies in jannah and as mu’minun we should relate our success to the Hereafter.

We ask Allah (swt) to help us increase in humility, perform deeds of righteousness and stay firm on His guided path… insha’Allah becoming people of success!