Richest people in the world

Just had this thought, who are the richest people in the world?

And this is the answer, “the one who knows how to ask”.

Allah is the most powerful, the creator and the owner of everything visible, invisible, within us and outside us, the sole and supreme owner of everything, and whoever can ask Allah is the richest one after.

Consider a real-life example. Who is the most financially rich person in the world and the answer is Geoff Bezzos, the owner of Amazon with a net worth of $112 Billion. He owns this money and can do anything with it. And who’s the next financially rich person and the answer is not second richest person Bill Gates, the owner of Microsoft who has $95 Billion, but the second richest person is the one who can ask Geoff Bezzos of $96 Billion. His $96 Billion dollars are just an ask away.

Just imagine the one who can ask Allah, how rich he would be.

Learn to respect a “faqeer” and deprived as Allah is closer to suffering ones. They may be among the richest people on the planet. The one who knows how to ask Allah is indeed the richest person, and because of their suffering, when Allah says He is closer to them, you better respect such people even more.

And who is the poorest

The poorest among humans is the one who has a need which cannot be met. A thirst which cannot be quenched — no matter how much water you drink, a hunger which cannot be satisfied no matter how much you eat. Hunger for money, power, fame, control, influence are such needs which no one can fulfill. When you find such people in the society, ask Allah for mercy on them as they are indeed poor. They are suffering from an azab, a curse which is destroying them within. You will never find them happy, you will never find them fulfilled.

No matter how much blessings you are given, when your needs are more than blessings, you are poor — and needlessly so.

And there is still a better richness

And you can be rich still without asking Allah for it. You can become rich by thanking.

When you thank Allah, you announced that your needs are fulfilled. You announce you have reached a level where your needs are lower than the blessings you already have. You announce you are happy with what Allah has blessed you already, and this is the state where you become rich without asking for more.

You can ask for more, for sure — but a richness which you achieve without asking is even higher richness, as you produced it within you. Consider this, it’s beautiful when your body is fragrant, and your body could be fragrant in two ways 1 — your sweat became fragrant, and 2 — you applied fragrance by asking. In both cases, you will be fragrant but the one in which your sweat became fragrance is the superior fragrance. It came from within you, and once your sweat is fragrant, you will be fragrant forever.

And this is the richness that must come from within you at the current level of blessings.

So thank Allah and take yourself out of poverty. Thank Allah and go rich. Thank Allah and go rich without asking for more. Thank Allah and go rich with what is already in your hands. Thank Allah not just because you are already blessed, but also because Allah has given you consciousness which has fulfilled you, and you became rich within yourself — without asking for more.

And when your consciousness goes rich, your body and soul both go rich, and this is the richness that is going to stay with you forever.

May Allah make us rich within and help us spread this richness. — Aamin.