"Indeed, I have an ambitious soul..."

I wanted to share a quote with you today from Omar ibn Abdil Aziz, considered to be the 5th righteous Caliph, who is reported to have said:

“Indeed, I have an ambitious soul that craves the finer things.  Every time I reach a status in life, I ambitiously crave a status higher then that.  When I achieved the Caliph position, even though there is no position higher then that, my soul still craved a higher position. And so my soul now craves that which is higher … Jannah!“

How many of us have this kind of ambition to always achieve that which is greater for the sake of Allah, and ultimately, crave to enter a jannah that spans a heavens and the earth, that has that which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has even contemplated?

All of us were bestowed by Allah (SwT) with skills, talents, and passions to accomplish something great in sha Allah and it is ambition that can drive those God given gifts you have and really enable you by the grace of Allah (SwT) to make a true difference in the world.

To encourage us to develop great ambition and continue on the path of success in sha Allah, I am excited to announce our first ONLINE event since the launch of Muslim Women Success Coach on the “Seven Secrets to a Muslim Woman’s Success”.

This event is complimentary and will take place on Monday February 13th at 12pm EST.

To register, please click here.

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