Page 20 - The Importance of Patience in the Qur’an

THE PATIENCE OF

THE FAITHFUL

And be steadfast. Allah does not let the
wage of good-doers go to waste. (Surah
Hud, 115)

As we have seen, there are very significant differences between
the believers' patience and that of a large section of society. The
faithful regard patience as a method of drawing closer to Allah and
live it as a form of worship ordered by the Qur'an. The Qur'an
details this fine moral characteristic of the faithful, as follows:

Their patience is founded on trusting Allah

Most people show patience at times of severe misfortune when
nothing else can be done. However, this type of patience has
nothing to do with true patience. They can endure only when faced
with misfortune, and do so only because they do not consider
everything as a test from Allah, a test in which are concealed divine

blessings or benefits. They make their spiritual state obvious by
complaining about the problem and making various facial
expressions. Until the situation ends, they cannot be rescued from
their negative spiritual state.
The believers' true patience, however, is very different from mere
endurance. They are aware that Allah creates whatever happens to
them for a reason, and that therefore it contains some hidden
benefit. Knowing that Allah has determined the best possible