Page 47 - The Importance of Patience in the Qur’an

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than making rash decisions and jumping to conclusions, they act at all
times in a well-balanced manner that comes from their trust in Allah.
Their patience and steadfastness in such cases springs from their
awareness that Allah controls everything and possesses eternal
justice. Allah tells us that on the Day of Judgment, everybody will
have to account for what they did while in this world, and that no
injustice will be done to them. Hence, those who committed injustice
thoughtlessly or behaved in an unfair manner will receive their

"reward" on that day. Allah's eternal justice is described, as follows:
We will set up the Just Balance on the Day of Rising, and no one
will be wronged in any way. Even if it is no more than the weight
of a grain of a mustard-seed, We will produce it. We are
sufficient as a Reckoner. (Surat al-Anbiya', 47)
There are only grounds against those who wrong people and act
as tyrants in the land without any right to do so. Such people
will have a painful punishment. (Surat ash-Shura, 42)
Have fear of a Day when you will be returned to Allah. Then
every self will be paid in full for what it earned. They will not be
wronged. (Surat al-Baqara, 281)

Thus the faithful who know this law of Allah are patient in the face
of injustice, thanks to the serenity that they have inside themselves. In
the following verse, Allah promises that in exchange for this patience,
He will bring help:
Allah will certainly help those who help Him—Allah is All-
Strong, Almighty. (Surat al-Hajj, 40)

The Qur'an relates that Prophet Yusuf (as) faced many injustices
throughout his life, but that because of his devotion and patience,
Allah helped him and gave him strength. All that happened to him
from his childhood onward was designed to test his patience and that