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in adverse circumstances. The entire spirit of the Quran
is in consonance with this concept. The Quran attaches
great importance to patience. In fact, patience is set above
all other Islamic virtues with the exceptional promise of
reward beyond measure:

Truly, those who persevere patiently will be
requited without measure. (Quran 39:10)

Patience implies a peaceful response or reaction, whereas
impatience implies a violent response.

22 What are your spiritual values?

ach individual has different spiritual values because
Ethe meaning of spirituality differs for all. However,
there are two major schools of spiritual discipline: one
based on meditation and the other on contemplation.
The former relates to the heart and the latter relates to
the mind.

Spirituality of the heart is generally taken to mean
the opposite of worldliness. It advocates only one way
to preserve one’s spirituality, and that is to retire to a
desolate place, leaving behind one’s homes representing
material life and undertake meditation in an environment
where there is no provocation. It is this viewpoint, which
is presented in the well-known book titled The Monk
Who Sold His Ferrari.

I subscribe to the school of contemplative spirituality.
Therefore, for me the biggest thing is intellectual

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