Becoming Acquainted With The Means For Achieving Prosperity & Happiness By Shaykh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman ar-Rajihi

Within this Magnificant Qurʾān, which Allāh spoke, He illustrated the means for achieving prosperity, salvation, and happiness. Allah, who is most truthful, swore that salvation, happiness, or prosperity are all impossible to achieve in this life as well as the Hereafter, unless by these four means:

First means: ʾĪmān
Second means: Righteous Deeds
Third means: Daʿwah to Allāh
Fourth means: Patience

These are the means and qualities one embodies to be among the prosperous. These are also the means for achieving salvation and happiness, so who is the One who informed us of this? Simple, it is Allāh who mentioned it His Magnificent Book. To be more specific, Allāh cited these means in one of the shortest chapters of the Qurʾān, which will be recited until the Day of Resurrection.

The great Imām ash-Shāfiʿī mentioned this chapter: “Had Allāh only revealed this chapter has a proof to be established for or against His creation; then this would be sufficient.