قَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ
Certainly will the believers have succeeded:
The opening of Al-Mu'minun: certainly the believers have succeeded, followed by a description of them.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/23/1
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Qur’an verses about success
'The believers have certainly succeeded.' What the Qur’an calls success, and who it says will reach it.
The Qur’an uses one word, falah, for success, and it attaches it to faith, purifying oneself, calling to good, guarding against stinginess and remembering Allah often. The call to prayer itself says 'come to success'. Each verse is shown in Arabic with the Saheeh International translation and a short note on what it says.
The verses
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن تَزَكَّىٰ
He has certainly succeeded who purifies himself
From Al-A'la: he has succeeded who purifies himself.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/87/14
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا
He has succeeded who purifies it,
From Ash-Shams, after a series of oaths: he has succeeded who purifies his soul.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/91/9
وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌۭ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ ۚ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.
Let there be a community inviting to good, enjoining right and forbidding wrong; those are the successful.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/3/104
فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةُ فَٱنتَشِرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًۭا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
And when the prayer has been concluded, disperse within the land and seek from the bounty of Allah, and remember Allah often that you may succeed.
When the Friday prayer ends, disperse in the land, seek the bounty of Allah, and remember Him often so that you may succeed.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/62/10
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًۭى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
Those are upon [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful.
The end of the description of the righteous at the start of Al-Baqarah: they are on guidance from their Lord, and they are the successful.
✦ Read in context — quran.com/2/5
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What is success in the Qur’an?
The Qur’an calls it falah and ties it to faith (23:1), purifying oneself (87:14, 91:9), and calling to good (3:104).
Which surah begins with 'the believers have succeeded'?
Surah Al-Mu'minun (23). Its first verse is 'Qad aflaha al-mu'minun', 'Certainly will the believers have succeeded.'
Does the Qur’an link success to work?
Qur’an 62:10 tells believers to go out after the Friday prayer, seek Allah's bounty and remember Him often so that they may succeed.