Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Real Success and Failure
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REAL SUCCESS AND FAILURE
Some seem to be successful in this world and others
appear to have failed. For this reason people have
come to think of success and failure as confined to
this world. Heaven and hell have become for them
things of this world, not the next.
But this is no more than an illusion. Real success
and failure lie in the next life. Many who consider
themselves successful in this world will be shocked
to find that the reality is far from what they
thought. They will discover there who are the losers
and who are the winners; they will see who
understood the reality of life and who was taken in
by mere appearances; they will realize who forged
ahead in the race of life and who was left behind; it
will be evident who put his talents to the best
possible use and who wasted them on the fleeting
enjoyments of this world; it will become clear who
has attained to true honour and who has been
disgraced.
Failure in its true sense is failure in eternity, and
likewise true success is success in eternity.
