Page 67 - The Importance of Patience in the Qur’an

THE SECRETS OF

PATIENCE

... And be steadfast. Allah is with the
steadfast. (Surat al-Anfal, 46)

The Qur'an guides people to the ways of peace and teaches them
what they previously did not know. It informs them of all the secrets
of worldly life and the afterlife. One of the secrets that people can

learn only from it is patience. Patience is not just one part of
upstanding morality; rather, it is an important path by which the
faithful are guided to Allah's mercy.
Allah grants unexpected blessings to His faithful servants who
show patience while dealing with the troubles that befall them and
who live in full the Qur'an's morality and carry out His commands.
The Qur'an informs us of Allah's promised blessings to Muslims
who show patience, as follows:

In showing patience, small communities may, with
Allah's permission, defeat large communities

When Talut marched out with the army, he said: "Allah will test
you with a river. Anyone who drinks from it is not with me. But
anyone who does not taste it is with me—except for him who

merely scoops up a little in his hand." But they drank from it—
except for a few of them. Then when he and those who