Its practice challenges, and to remain spiritually steadfast.
Patience (or forbearing)
is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean
persevering in the face of delay or provocation without acting on
annoyance/anger in a negative way; or exhibiting forbearance when under
strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties.
Patience is
the level of endurance one can take before negativity. It is also used
to refer to the character trait of being steadfast.
This calligraphic fragment includes verses
10-11 of the 48th chapter of the Qur'an, entitled Surat al-Fath
(Victory). This surah dates from the Medinan period and contains 29
verses. It describes how triumph comes from courage, faith, and patience
if the believer stays true to God: anyone who violates His [God's]
oath, does so to the harm of his own soul, and anyone who fulfils what
he has convenanted with God, God will soon grant him a reward (48:10).
Patience in Islam is one of the best and most valuable virtues of life. Through patience, a Muslim
believes that an individual can grow closer to God and thus attain true
peace. It is also stressed in Islam, that God is with those who are
patient, more specifically during suffering. Some of the Quran verses
about patience urge Muslims to "seek God's help with patient perseverance and prayer" (2:45) and "give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere" (2:155-157). The Quran
states that Muslims should "Persevere in patience and constancy"
(3:200) and "be steadfast in patience" (11:115). It notes that "No one
will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and
self-restraint, none but persons of the greatest good fortune." (41:35).
As well, the Quran states that "It is not righteousness that you turn
your faces towards East or West. But it is righteousness to believe in
God and the Last Day, And the Angels, and the Books, and the Messengers;
To spend of your substance, out of love for Him, For your kin, for
orphans, for the needy, for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the
ransom of slaves; To be steadfast in prayer And give in charity; To
fulfill the contracts which you have made; And to be firm and patient,
in pain and adversity And throughout all periods of panic. Such are the
people of truth, the God-fearing." Qur'an 2:177
The key figure the Qur'an uses to demonstrate patience is Job,
who survived his trial by keeping his belief in God and remaining
patient. The Muslim faith believes that without a good spirit while
enduring, the struggle will not bear its full reward, thus, Patiently
persevering, striving and going forward, despite the difficulty, is the
pinnacle of behavior during challenging times. Through every difficulty,
Allah promises, there will be found relief upon its conclusion. Instead
of wanting to skip challenging times, and avoid them, Allah is teaching
that the way to the easing, is through, the difficulty. It takes
patient perseverance, or enduring with a good spirit still intact, in
order to reap both the internal and external rewards of struggle.
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