is the key to success.” In today’s speech, alongside listening to the importance of making effort, we will also look at those matters which we should focus our efforts on. There can be no greater success than attaining the pleasure of Allah Almighty, and today we will speak about making an effort to do things which will lead to attaining such great success.

We will also hear about the importance of obeying one’s parents and performing other good deeds to attain success in the Hereafter, as well as various accounts and points about continuously making effort and how much success this can bring.

Let us listen to an account regarding the importance of striving:

The struggle of an ant

They say that there was a king who had attempted to conquer a land more than six times, but was unsuccessful. When his final attempt ended in failure again, he became tired, and in a state of hopelessness, he went to his room to rest. Whilst thinking about his multiple unsuccessful attempts at conquering the land, his gaze happened to fall upon an ant that was climbing up the wall of the room. Despite falling down repeatedly, the ant refused to give up climbing.

It almost reached the top of the wall several times and would fall down, but it would try to climb the wall again. In the end, after trying countless times, it was successful in its goal. Witnessing this unwavering determination of the ant brought about a major transformation within the king. He did away with his hopelessness, and with renewed passion and determination, he mounted an attack on that land again, and he was successful this time.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد