Bear Patience and place your
Trust on Allah (SWT)
Patience is the ability to endure and control our emotions
when situations crop up in life. Saboor
is the Arabic term for patience. Patience has a very poignant importance
in Islam. In fact, one of the Beautiful Name and Attribute of Allah (SWT) is
“Sabirun”. Thus, His creations especially we humans need to hold on to that
quality of patience which our Lord Himself possesses.
Surely it is the true believers
of Islamic Monotheism who would bear patience. They would truly believe that
Almighty Allah would lighten up their path by being so.
“And
be patient. Surely, Allah is with those who are patent”
(8:46)
“Allah
surely loves those who are the Sabirun”
(3:146)
Do not we need the love and blessings
of Almighty Allah?.... Yes, as true believers we need to gain it but it is not
an easy game. “Be Patient”
As, I believe, the saying goes as,“If
you remember God in your time of prosperity, He will remember you in your
adversity”
Literally, there are two moments
in life in which we badly need to hold on to patience, and that is in
prosperity and in adversity.
Sabr is obligatory. Shakwah
(complaining) is contradictory to sabr (patience).
When we confront bad times and failures in our life, we
regret, worry and even begin to question our Lord. We blame God for our
failures and thus lose patience. This is a sin we do unawaringly but which is
acute. On the other hand some pray hard and make dua for their hardships to
vanish, but once they gain happiness they forget to thank Almighty Allah.
Man is thus a selfish creature, he fret to God in his sorrow
but turns ungrateful to Him when he is granted joy. A simple word of “Allahu
Akbar” (Allah is great) is enough to praise Almighty Allah.
“Be sure We shall
test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods, lives, and the
fruit of your toil. But give glad tidings to those who bear patiently
persevere”
“Those who say
when afflicted with calamities “To Allah we belong, and to Him is our
return”. They are those on whom descend blessings from your Lord, and
mercy. They are the ones who receive
guidance”
(2:155; 157)
There are several moments in life where we lose emotions,
forgetting the entire term of patience.
The very opposite of patience is , letting out your emotions publicly.
Anger is one such emotion that w direly need to control. Exhibiting this emotion
can cause serious trouble. We should not
let anger become our master. Therefore
we should learn to handle ourselves in a properly taught Islamic way. Remember, whatever happens, it has been
decreed by your Lord, and only by your Lord Almighty Allah. So being His
servants and slaves we should accept life wholeheartedly.
Learn to pragmatic. Be an optimist. When something good
happens we smile and accept it, similarly we should learn to accept the bad happening
in our life too. And still pray to Allah.
Another important emotion a muhmin should possess is “trust
in Allah”. Not only should make dua
in your joy and sorrow, but that you should also place your trust entirely on
Allah. Place your trust on Him. He is
your Lord and you are His slave. He created you and He definitely knows your
fate. He keeps waiting to see if His slaves raise their hands and make dua to
Him. Allah (SWT) loves you more than anyone. He will surely accept our duas. Ask
Him, plead to Him and Allah (SWT) promises that He will save you.
“Seek Allah’s help
with patience, perseverance and prayer. It is indeed hard except for those who
are humble”
(2:45)
Patience simultaneously with trust in Almighty Allah will
help you in anything and everything. Remember
the patience of Lady Hajara when Prophet Ibrahim(alai) left her and his son Ismail(alai) in an
isolated desert. She accepted I as it was Allah’s command.
Remember the patience of Prophet Yoonus (Alai) who truly
placed his trust in Almighty Allah when he was stuck inside the belly of a
fish. He made sincere duas to Almighty Allah and he placed his trust on Allah
because he believed that his savior was none other than Almighty Allah.
Apart from all the valuable histories that teach us of
patience and trust, we must place our attention on these values on our modern
day life.
Death is a natural phenomenon. We were created by Him and we
ought to return to Him Alone. Humans are
fragile. We fall apart when our dear and loved one leave us. Remember what
Islam has taught us about Death. To wail and scream? Or to make sincere duas for the deceased? We need to think about it? Death indeed
is a sorrowful incident in one’s life but we should place our trust in Almighty
Allah alone. Allah is All-knowing. He knows when a life should be born and when
it should be taken away from its body. We can never assure that the dead person
would live happily and healthily if at all he lives a few more years ahead.
None can predict a man’s future. So Almighty Allah is very sure of what He
decides with His slaves.
Patience with old parents in lacking in the modern man
today. But it a very important issue. Today it is a trend to leave old parents
at a Elder Home and live nuclear families. Old parents are in the phase of a
second childhood. It is our duty to take good care of them. They are meak,
childish and soft-hearted. We should handle them carefully. We should never lose
our temper with them.
This is the truth my dear friend, we have to stay patient
and place your trust on Almighty Allah when you commence every little thing in
your life. Being an optimist makes us entirely strong. Remember whatever comes,
it comes from Almighty Allah Only.
Praise Almighty Allah when good happens and place your trust
I Him that He has got something good in each and every bad day of your life.
Wassalam
