What are the ways to avoid tribulations and worldly desires, and to utilize time in a way that includes memorizing and interpreting the Quran, and projects beneficial for the afterlife, in the absence of righteous companionship?

The summary guides the questioner to previous fatwas regarding avoiding fitan (trials) and carnal desires, and utilizing time for memorizing and interpreting the Quran. It answers the questioner's inquiry about beneficial projects for the afterlife by stating that they consist of fulfilling what Allah has commanded, namely beneficial knowledge and righteous deeds, and what aids in them. It highlights that this is the Muslim's project to attain happiness in both worlds, quoting Ibn al-Qayyim that beneficial knowledge and righteous deeds are the foundation of a servant's happiness and salvation.