Only Allah!

In this world there are some people who are lucky and others who are unlucky - the successful and the unsuccessful - the winners and the losers. The first two are judgments based on materialism. The third is like the outcome of a sporting fiesta. Where do these come in Islam. Most of us are lucky to have been born Muslims. Some of them are successful in living in this world in accordance with the Quran and Sunnah. The winners are a very few who whether having born a Muslim or not, accepted the truth and lived there lives in accordance with the Quran and the Sunnah and most importantly die with the Iman in tact. These are the winners. The rest are all losers.

We need to strive to be winners here in this world and in the hereafter by doing a few simple things like being truthful to your own self and to the rest of the world at all times, giving of what you have, dropping one's pride, etc.

The rest will fall into place Insha Allah, when you blend above with the faith in Allah.

My personal experience in teaching myself to depend solely on Allah for anything and everything blended with my undying physical efforts has brought me peace and success.