Qur’an verses and hadith about success
Falāḥ — success measured the way these passages measure it, which is rarely the way the word is used elsewhere. Each one carries its full source and a short explanation of what it was answering.
- The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, while there is good in both.Sahih Muslim 2664
- Tie your camel and then put your trust in Allah.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2517
- Actions are but by intentions, and every person will have only what he intended.Sahih al-Bukhari 1
- Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your illness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death.al-Mustadrak al-Hakim 7846
- Part of the excellence of a person's Islam is his leaving what does not concern him.Sunan al-Tirmidhi 2317
- Richness is not in having many possessions; rather, true richness is the richness of the soul.Sahih al-Bukhari 6446
- The best of people are those most beneficial to people.al-Tabarani
- Be truthful, for truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise.Sahih al-Bukhari 6094
- The strong man is not the one who overpowers others; the strong man is the one who controls himself at the time of anger.Sahih al-Bukhari 6114
- No one humbles himself for the sake of Allah except that Allah raises him.Sahih Muslim 2588
- He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.Arabic proverb
- Time is like a sword: if you do not cut it, it will cut you.Arabic proverb
- In deliberation there is safety, and in haste there is regret.Arabic proverb
- Whoever seeks something and strives for it will find it.Arabic proverb
- Contentment is a treasure that never runs out.Arabic proverb
- Whoever walks the path will arrive.Arabic proverb
- Whoever knocks at the door persistently will enter.Arabic proverb
- A good name is better than riches.Arabic proverb
- Whoever seeks the heights must forgo sleep.Arabic proverb
- In movement there is blessing.Arabic proverb
- Ask the one with experience rather than the one with only knowledge.Arabic proverb
- The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.Arabic proverb
- So do not weaken and do not grieve.Quran 3:139
- He has succeeded who purifies himself, and mentions the name of his Lord and prays.Quran 87:14-15
- Whoever desires the reward of this world - We will give him of it; and whoever desires the reward of the Hereafter - We will give him of it. And We will reward the grateful.Quran 3:145
- Seek, through that which Allah has given you, the home of the Hereafter; and do not forget your share of the world. And do good, as Allah has done good to you.Quran 28:77
- And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord, and a garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous.Quran 3:133
- When you have decided, then rely upon Allah. Indeed, Allah loves those who rely upon Him.Quran 3:159
- If Allah should aid you, no one can overcome you.Quran 3:160
- Certainly will the believers have succeeded: they who are during their prayer humbly submissive.Quran 23:1-2
- Bow and prostrate and worship your Lord, and do good, that you may succeed.Quran 22:77
- Whoever desires this world must seek knowledge, and whoever desires the Hereafter must seek knowledge.Imam al-Shafii
- Hold yourselves to account before you are held to account, and weigh your deeds before they are weighed for you.Umar ibn al-Khattab
- A deed is not accepted unless it is sincere and correct: sincere, done for Allah alone, and correct, in accordance with the Sunnah.al-Fudayl ibn Iyad
- I have never struggled with anything harder than my own intention, for it keeps turning over on me.Sufyan al-Thawri
- Travel, and you will find a replacement for what you leave behind; strive, for the sweetness of life is in striving.Imam al-Shafii (Diwan)