I am currently reading Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller--Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century
, the book is centered on the fact that thoughts translate into reality as it is the thoughts that come first, the book does discuss a lot of other concepts that go with this in order to "transmute" thoughts into reality.
, the book is centered on the fact that thoughts translate into reality as it is the thoughts that come first, the book does discuss a lot of other concepts that go with this in order to "transmute" thoughts into reality.I found this discussion very much related to the hadith qudsi which goes to the effect that Allah treats a person according to the person's expectations from Him. This is very much related to yaqeen and Imaan. Napoleon Hill also mentions such states as essential for success in his book, i.e. having "faith" that one's desires and plan to achieve them will result in fruition.
As a Muslim there is a state of mind or rather heart referred to as ihtisaab, which means roughly to do an action with complete conviction that whatever is promised for doing it will be granted by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'aala. This ties in with having good expectations from Allah, couple that with the a'maal that has been given to us through our Prophet (SAW) and we have a sure recipe for achieving wealth and success. As an example it is related in ahadith that whoever recites Surah Waqiah in the evening will never be afflicted by poverty, this is so powerful we don't even realise, the fear of poverty is a major stumbling block in achieving success, so many people dwell on this fear and live with a poverty mindset that it then becomes their fate. By acting on this amal with ihtisaab, i.e the conviction that what Allah has promised will come to pass ones fear of poverty can be totally eradicated and one can develop a mindset away from poverty which then because if one's expectations from Allah will transmute into reality, Alhamdulillah I myself have realised the wonderful effect of reciting Surah Waaqi'ah every evening, besides the barakah I have seen in my wealth I have absolute conviction that as long as Allah grants me taufeeq to continue this practice I will never be afflicted by poverty. Allahs promise is never broken.
With regard to he book itself i would caution readers not to take the chapter on sex and its relation to success too seriously, i can see where the author is coming from with regards to the powerful emotions associated with it though i would rather take the lessons that he describes regarding how many have become unsuccessful because of their overindulgence in it in wrongful and harmful ways. As a practitioner of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine it is interesting to note though that overindulgence in intercourse does lead to a weak mind and willpower both of which are essential for the achievement of one's goal and purpose in life. The rest of the book presents a concept not easy to pick up if one is reading such books for the first time, in fact as a primer to this book i would read this book first;
As a Muslim there is a state of mind or rather heart referred to as ihtisaab, which means roughly to do an action with complete conviction that whatever is promised for doing it will be granted by Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'aala. This ties in with having good expectations from Allah, couple that with the a'maal that has been given to us through our Prophet (SAW) and we have a sure recipe for achieving wealth and success. As an example it is related in ahadith that whoever recites Surah Waqiah in the evening will never be afflicted by poverty, this is so powerful we don't even realise, the fear of poverty is a major stumbling block in achieving success, so many people dwell on this fear and live with a poverty mindset that it then becomes their fate. By acting on this amal with ihtisaab, i.e the conviction that what Allah has promised will come to pass ones fear of poverty can be totally eradicated and one can develop a mindset away from poverty which then because if one's expectations from Allah will transmute into reality, Alhamdulillah I myself have realised the wonderful effect of reciting Surah Waaqi'ah every evening, besides the barakah I have seen in my wealth I have absolute conviction that as long as Allah grants me taufeeq to continue this practice I will never be afflicted by poverty. Allahs promise is never broken.
With regard to he book itself i would caution readers not to take the chapter on sex and its relation to success too seriously, i can see where the author is coming from with regards to the powerful emotions associated with it though i would rather take the lessons that he describes regarding how many have become unsuccessful because of their overindulgence in it in wrongful and harmful ways. As a practitioner of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine it is interesting to note though that overindulgence in intercourse does lead to a weak mind and willpower both of which are essential for the achievement of one's goal and purpose in life. The rest of the book presents a concept not easy to pick up if one is reading such books for the first time, in fact as a primer to this book i would read this book first;
The author is a fellow South African, not that i am really nationalistic, he one of the best motivational speakers in the world at the moment and I have to say his book really inspires me to break my mental barriers and push myself to achieve what otherwise i wouldn't even have dreamt of achieving, he has many Muslim friends who no doubt have had some influence on his thinking as well.
Bottom line is thoughts are important, yes, they do tend to transmute into their reality, napoleon says it nicely: "Thoughts have a tendency to clothe themselves in their physical reality", really powerful, negative thoughts bring about negative consequences, positive thoughts bring about positive consequences,
Its interesting also that when Shaytaan will be blamed by his followers on the day of judgment he will reply that he is not at fault as he only whispered the thought in the heart of the wrongdoer. I'm sure now you can see how powerful thoughts are, may Allah guide us to fill our minds with thoughts of khair and goodness and protect us from evil thoughts. Ameen.
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