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What the Quran says
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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
Patience is paired with prayer. You are not meant to carry the weight alone.
وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ
Tests are expected. They are not a sign that you have been abandoned.
قُلْ يَـٰعِبَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ۚ لِلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةٌ ۗ وَأَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةٌ ۗ إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى ٱلصَّـٰبِرُونَ أَجْرَهُم بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ
فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا
The promise is repeated, and the ease is described as coming with the hardship, not only after it.
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From the Sunnah
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For a believer, both gratitude and patience are good.
How wonderful is the affair of the believer: all of it is good. If something good happens to him he is grateful, and that is good for him; if harm befalls him he is patient, and that is good for him. This is for no one except the believer.
- Reference
- Sahih Muslim 2999
- Narrator
- Suhayb ar-Rumi
- Book
- Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
Patience is hardest, and most valuable, in the first moment.
The Prophet peace be upon him passed a woman weeping at a grave and told her to be patient. He later said that true patience is at the first stroke of a calamity.
- Narrator
- Anas ibn Malik
- Book
- Book of Funerals
- Also in
- Sahih Muslim 926
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Surahs to read
Where to go next in the Quran itself.
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Reflect and act
Try this week
0 of 3 doneWhen something goes wrong, say “Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rāji'ūn” before reacting.
2:156(read on Quran.com, opens in a new tab)On a hard day, pray two voluntary units and use the prostration to speak to Allah.
2:153(read on Quran.com, opens in a new tab)Choose one thing you usually complain about, and for a week take it only to Allah.
12:86(read on Quran.com, opens in a new tab)
Reflect
What are you being patient with right now?
Where has a past hardship already turned into ease?