Patience
๐ In short
Patience means bearing hard things calmly, without anger or complaining, trusting that God is with us. We are patient in doing our duties, patient in staying away from wrong things, and patient when something sad happens to us.
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ูุนู ุงูุตููุงุจูุฑูููู๐คฉ Did you know?
- Patience is mentioned in more than 90 places in the Qur'an.
- The Prophet ๏ทบ said: โHow amazing is the believer's situation: everything is good for them!โ (reported by Muslim).
- Fasting in Ramadan teaches us patience for 30 days.
- Real patience is โat the first shockโ, the very moment we hear hard news.
๐ Find out more
๐ Patience in obeying
When we wake up for Fajr even though we want to sleep, or finish our homework even though we want to play, that's beautiful patience that God loves.
๐ Patience in avoiding wrong
When we want to answer someone who made us angry with a mean word but stay quiet, or want something that isn't ours but leave it, we're being patient and strong.
๐ก Patience when sad
When we're ill, lose something we love or lose a match, we say: โTo God we belong and to Him we returnโ, knowing God will give us something better.
๐ฏ Our examples of patience
Job (Ayyub), peace be upon him, was patient through illness for many years, Joseph was patient in the well and in prison, and the Prophet ๏ทบ was patient when his people harmed him. And for all of them, it ended well.
๐ Key words
- Patience
- Bearing hard things calmly, trusting in God
- Complaining
- Grumbling and moaning in front of people
- Outcome
- The result in the end
๐ฑ Put it into practice today
Plant a seed in a cup and water it every day. You won't see it sprout in one day, so be patient and watch it for two weeks, and you'll see how patience brings good things!
๐งฉ Test yourself
1 Who is God with?
2 Your team lost a match. What do you do?
3 Which prophet is famous for being patient through illness?
๐ Read next
- ๐ฌ Honesty
- ๐ค Trustworthiness
- ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง Kindness to parents
- ๐ Mercy and kindness to animals
- ๐งผ Cleanliness is part of faith
- ๐๏ธ Being good to neighbors
- ๐ฝ๏ธ Table manners
- ๐ Greetings and smiles
- ๐๏ธ Forgiving and forgiveness
- ๐งฉ Cooperation and brotherhood
- ๐ The five pillars of Islam
- โจ The six pillars of faith
- ๐ง Wudu and purity
- ๐ง Prayer
- ๐ Ramadan and fasting
- ๐คฒ Zakat and charity
- ๐ Hajj and Umrah
- ๐ Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha
- ๐ The Qur'an
- ๐ The Prophet Muhammad ๏ทบ
- ๐ The mosque, the house of God
- โต The story of Noah (Nuh)
- ๐ฅ The story of Abraham (Ibrahim)
- โญ The story of Joseph (Yusuf)
- ๐ The story of Moses (Musa)
- ๐ The story of Jonah (Yunus)
- ๐ Friday