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We are not the ones to judge our success by the actions of the Kuffaaar:

FIRST, WHAT IS SUCCESS?!

The ultimate success is in being admitted in the Jannah and being saved from the punishment of the Fire, as Allaah تعالى said:

❝{And whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he indeed is successful. The life of this world is only the enjoyment of deception (a deceiving thing).}❞
[Surah aal-Imraan (3): 185]

As for this Dunya, it is ever fleeting:

Alee ibn Abi Taalib رضي الله عنه used to say: ❝Certainly this life has begun travelling away, and the hereafter has begun travelling forward, and each has its children. So be from the children of the hereafter, and don’t be from the children of this life. For indeed today there is action with no account, and tomorrow there will be account with no action.❞
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree]

WHAT ABOUT COMPARING OURSELVES WITH THE KUFFAAR?!

Umar رضي الله عنه said: “I sat down and cast a glance at the room (of the Prophet ﷺ), and by Allaah, I couldn't see anything of importance but three hides.” I said (to Allaah's Messenger ﷺ): “Invoke Allaah to make your followers prosperous, for the Persians and the Byzantines have been made prosperous and given worldly luxuries, though they do not worship Allaah?” The Prophet ﷺ was leaning then (and on hearing my speech he sat straight) and said: ❝O Ibn Al-Khattaab! Do you have any doubt (that the Hereafter is better than this world)? These people have been given rewards of their good deeds in this world only.❞ I asked the Prophet ﷺ: “Please ask Allaah's forgiveness for me.”
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (2468, 5191) and Saheeh Muslim]

The Prophet ﷺ said: ❝The world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the Kaafir.❞
[Saheeh Muslim]

Whatever the Kuffaar are enjoying in this world is because they are being rewarded in this world for their deeds so that on the Day of Judgment they will not have any argument against Allaah. Rather, on the Day of Judgment, Allaah تعالى will make their deeds like dust [Surah al-Furqaan], or like a mirage which a thirsty person thinks that it is water, but when he reaches it, he finds nothing [Surah al-Noor].

We should not make the riches of this Dunya our ultimate goal. So we should aim for the highest goal, i.e. the Hereafter, and at the same time work for the Dunya and enjoy the benefits and favors of Allaah which come our way. As Allaah تعالى mentioned:

{But seek, with that (wealth) which Allaah has bestowed on you, the home of the Hereafter, and forget not your portion of legal enjoyment in this world, and do good as Allaah has been good to you, and seek not mischief in the land. Verily, Allaah likes not the Mufsidoon.}
[Surah al-Qasas (28): 77]

CONCLUSION:
One can quote numerous Aayaat and Ahaadeeth, but I would like to end by quoting the following Hadeeth, which is the summary of all that has been said earlier:

Narrated Abu Hurairah: that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: ❝Allaah تعالى says: {O son of Aadam, devote yourself to my worship. I will fill your heart with contentment (i.e. freedom from want) and take care of your poverty. If you do not do this, I will fill your heart with (worldly) pursuits and will not take care of your poverty.}❞
[Musnad of Imaam Ahmad, Sunan al-Tirmidhee (2466), Sunan Ibn Maajah (4107), and authenticated by Shaikh Al-Albaani, As-Saheehah 1359. The wordings are of Ibn Majah]

Wal-Hamdulillaah alaa kulli haal