The Quest of a Curious Muslim — Page 133
133 and meet their Creator, we will be held accountable for our every action in this life. The Quran says: ا ِ Õ 7 ﺟ َ ﻌ َ ﻠ ۡ ﻨ َ ﺎ ﻣ َ ﺎ ﻋ َ ىل َ ا ﻻ ۡ َ ر ۡ ض ِ ز ِ ﯾ ۡ ﻨ َ ﺔ ً ﻟ 7 ﻬ َ ﺎ ﻟ ِ ﻨ َ ﺒ ۡ ﻠ ُ ﻮ َ مه ُ ۡ ا َ هي K ُ ﻢ ۡ ا َ ﺣ ۡ ﺴ َ ﻦ ُ مع َ َ ﻼ ً ﴿ ٨ ﴾ That is, “Verily, We have made all that is on the earth as an ornament for it, that We may try them as to which of them is best in conduct” (18:8). As a result, the truly successful one is the person who is successful in the eyes of God. Human beings cannot define success in their own terms. It is God who decides, and as He has laid out in the above verse, this world is a place of trials and successful is the one who goes through the trials in accordance with the Will of God, regardless of how rich, famous, or ‘successful’ they may consider themselves to be. What matters is their position in the sight of Allah, no matter how highly they think of their own selves. God says in the Quran, “Verily, the most honourable among you, in the sight of Allah, is he who is the most righteous among you” (49:14). In other words, taqwa , righteousness,