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Another verse from the same surah emphasizes
the glad tidings to be given to those who are patient
in the face of obstacles or difficulties.
“Be sure we shall test you with fear and hunger, some
loss in goods or lives or the fruits (of your toil), but give
glad tidings to those who patiently persevere, who say,
when afflicted with calamity: ‘To Allah We belong, and to
Him is our return.’” (Surat al-Baqara, 2:155-156)

Patience is such a superior characteristic that it
can increase the strength of the believers. Allah
reveals in below verse how strength may increase
with respect to patience:

“For the present, Allah has lightened your (burden), for
He knows that there is a weak spot in you: But (even so), if
there are a hundred of you, patient and persevering, they
will vanquish two hundred, and if a thousand, they will, with
the leave of Allah, vanquish two thousand, for Allah is with
those who patiently persevere.” (Surat al-Anfal, 8:66)

Patience is, moreover, a quality that subsumes all
the other positive characteristics described in the
Qur’an. A person may be modest, humble, generous,
obedient or devoted; but only when he combines
these virtues with patience, will they be of worth. It is
the patience shown in the prayers and the attributes
of believers, that makes them acceptable.

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