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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al-Shahid al-Thani: Zayn al-Din al-Jub'i al-Amili Chapter 3: On the Path to Glory Secret of Success One may wonder sometimes about the secret behind the success of some people, and the way through which they ascended the tops of glory and human perfection.

Going through the biography of many of those everlasting personalities, will lead us to two essential factors behind all the successes and victories in life which are: First: Persevering Endeavour Wittiness alone or instinctive capabilities endowed by Allah inside the human essence, can never achieve the objectives and goals aspired for by man, as the secret behind every success lies in continuous labour and unstopped strival, beside the traits of man can possess, like forbearance and patience for this purpose.

True, the persevering endeavour, and enduring different hardships and suffering for the sake of attaining to the objectives and aims, being the logical formula prevalent over the human life. Otherwise, resorting to the luxurious and monotonous life will mean indolence and fiasco.

“That who is after a peacock, has to endure the hardships of India,”[^1] and “Without torment man can never acquire a treasure.”[^2] True, al-Shahid was an ideal in persevering toil and endeavour, never thinking of rest or resorting to the luxurious life. But all his life was spent in travelling and moving from one country to another, with his only aim being seeking knowledge wherever it to and under whomever it be.

All problems “how abundant they be “could never constitute an impediment curbing him from reaching his objective, as he got past mountains of concerns, spending long years under surveillance and persecution. All these difficulties and hardships could never hinder him from compilation, investigation and study. So al-Shahid managed, throughout his relatively short life, to leave behind all that huge heritage of Islamic sciences and fields of knowledge.

Second: Discipline Having discipline, planning, and investing time properly constitute altogether the second factor for man’s success. Time, and “in general “age is the real capital in the life of individuals and peoples, as system is the essential factor behind man’s proceeding on his way toward the aspired goal.