Patience,
Perseverance and Endurance
To
succeed in establishing in his soul beautiful qualities, such as
patience, perseverance, endurance, the Muslim must absolutely resort
to various verses of the Holy Quran and explicit Hadiths on the
subject. Certainly the Holy Quran gives us clear examples that make
us think, to boost us to take this path and succeed. Without
patience, perseverance and endurance, the believer will not succeed
in opening himself spiritually to the understanding of religion - in
this case, Islam - and the essence of faith in itself.
Our
Lord, Allah (swt) tells us in the Holy Qur’an:
“Give
good tidings to the patient, those who, when disaster strikes them,
say, ‘Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.’
Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy.
And it is those who are the [rightly] guided.”
(Al-Baqara 2 : 156-158).
“O
you who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such
perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah; that you may
prosper.” (Al-Imran 3 : 201).
“We
will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the
best of what they used to do.” (An-Nahl, 16 : 97).
“Be
patient, your patience is not but from Allah.” (An-Nahl
16 : 128).
“Bear
anything that happens to you steadfastly, for this is firmness (of
purpose) in (the conduct of) affairs.” (Luqman, 31 :
18).
“And
We made from among them leaders guiding by Our command when they were
patient and [when] they were certain of Our signs.”
(Al-Sajda 32 : 25).
“The
patient will be given their reward without account.”
(Az-Zumar, 39 : 11).
These
are some blessed verses from the Holy Qur’an that God the Exalted
has sent down to humanity for all times. They show that where
patience and endurance prevail, success is a sure cure. To these two
elements forming the character of man, we must certainly add faith
and piety as a whole. It is then that the divine blessing falls. For
Allah (swt) reminds the Ummah
through the Qur’anic verses of the value of patience and endurance.
Indeed,
among the virtues that constitute the adornment of a Muslim, there is
patience and endurance. These two elements, adopted with conviction
help to combat the harm of others for the sake of Allah. Patience is
simply the constraint of the soul to accept what is repugnant to it
and to endure with impassivity, with constancy the evil that reaches
it.
In
times of trials, Muslims and especially my disciples of the Jamaat Ul
Sahih Al Islam must restrain themselves and persevere in the
accomplishment of good deeds and become models of virtues. You must
not be alarmed or irritated or angry. On the contrary, you must have
complete trust in Allah. Remember that the difficulties you are
experiencing are only trials that you must overcome for the sake of
Allah. These are tests, exams that God makes you undergo to bring out
your true value and your true faith.
