Page 64 - The Importance of Patience in the Qur’an

62 THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENCE IN THE QUR'AN

In return for their unconditional submission, patience, and
pleasant acceptance of everything that our Lord sends to them,
Allah tells them that He will give them a beautiful life in the world:
Anyone who acts rightly, male or female, being a believer, We

will give them a good life and recompense them according to
the best of what they did. (Surat an-Nahl, 97)
As for those who do their duty and are steadfast, Allah does not
allow to go to waste the wage of any people who do good.
(Surah Yusuf, 90)
When those who have done their duty are asked: "What has
your Lord sent down?" their reply is: "Good!" There is good in
this world for those who do good, and the abode of the
Hereafter is even better. How wonderful is the abode of those
who guard against evil. (Surat an-Nahl, 30)
Say: "Servants of Mine who believe, heed your Lord. For those
who do good in this world there is good, and Allah's Earth is
spacious. The steadfast will be paid their wages in full without
any reckoning." (Surat az-Zumar, 10)

The believers' reward for being patient is Paradise

People who are bound to Allah in their hearts dedicate their
goods and lives, in short everything they own, to our Lord and are
patient in order to earn His approval in both good and bad times.
None of the troubles, pressures, and difficulties they experience in

this world can prevent them from living according to Allah's
religion, because they are devoted firmly and only to Him and show
patience and determination for as long as they live.
The finest reward that the faithful can obtain in the afterlife for