Redefining 'Success'

 

Allah has already given the definition of pure/real success of an entire human life in Quran. All we have to do is to read them out and try to think deeply about its meaning:

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"Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul, 
and doomed is the one who corrupts it!" [Surah Ash-Shams 91:9-10]

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Here, the word 'corrupt' represents, to indulge in forbidden (haram) activities which are undoubtedly harmful (and hold no such welfare) to any normal human being. Since they are morally hazardous, they drastically lead a man towards the destination of absolute FAILURE in life.
In other terms, corrupting personal mind results in having disorder in the mentality because of the rate of entropy inside brain being proportional to doing corrupted acts. As a result, the person involving in those toxic activities spontaneously becomes a victim of mental disorder as well as its probable 'gifted' complexities in the (near) future. And voila! That complex-feeling easily creates further complicated situations by rising up extra problems in overall lifestyle. 

On the other side, personal (character) purification plays a vital role in everyone's life. It have an amazing capability to simplify complex problems that arise due to some circumstances faced by those individuals. 

The reason is, the more you save yourself from doing meaningless, pointless, temporal, pleasurable (i.e. the instant gratification), harmful, hazardous, corrupted and intoxicated activities; the less likely you have to face difficulties in confronting your own problems. 

In this regard, Mr. Logic says, "If you become unable to overcome the bad habits and addictions, then how come you could be able to solve further problems?" 

Once being successful in overcoming all those negativities & toxicities doesn't mean that you will always be safe from them for the rest of your 'silly' life. Rather, it is the beginning (or self-declaration) of an endless GRAND WAR against your amygdala.
(Oh wait, for those who don't recognize this word let me clarify it for you; the word 'amygdala' means, a special part of the human brain which plays the role of commanding to stay inside emotionally pleasuring comfortable zones i.e. the primal desires and heightens the fear of going into the uncomfortable & inexperienced situations which if experienced somehow, rather enhances the mental strength by a great extent through self-improvement) 

At the end I want to conclude, it is ultimately your personal choice  to either let yourself live like a zombie who continues the slavery of 'instant' dopamine hits.
Or, take an 'unstoppable' initiative to completely overcome all the toxic habits imported from today's modern garbage (e.g. TikTok, PornHub, OnlyFans, etc.) through continuous struggling in the mental battlefield and improve consistently so that after learning some crucial life-lessons from Stoicism, you can create and follow your rational ambitions. Good luck for having the time to choose it WISELY...