Patience
Another virtue which Develops out of the natural condition of man is patience. Every one has more or less to suffer misfortunes, diseases and afflictions which are the common lot of humanity. Every one, too, has, after much sorrowing and suffering, to make his peace with the misfortune which befalls him. But such contentment is by no means a noble moral quality. It is a natural consequence of the continuance of affliction that weariness at last brings about conciliation. The first shock brings about depression of spirit, inquietude and wails of woe, but when the excitement of the moment is over, there is necessarily a reaction, for the extreme has been reached. But such disappointment and consequent contentment are both the result of natural inclination. It is only when the loss is received with total resignation to the will of Allah and in complete resignation to His predestination that the deed deserves to be closed under virtuous moral qualities. The word of Allah thus deals with that noble quality of patience. “We shall prove you by afflicting you in some measure with fear, and hunger, and decrease of wealth and loss of lives, and fruits. Those who prove patient under such misfortunes are to be given good tidings of Allah’s reward – to those who, when a misfortune befalls them, say: “Surely we are Allah’s creatures and His charges, and, therefore, must return to the owner of the charge”’ (II – 155-156).
This is the true expression of a true Moslem. “We are Allah’s creatures and His charges and to Him must the charges return; we come from Allah and He is our goal, therefore no trial or misfortune can disturb the course of our life, which has a much higher aim than mere comfort.”
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Another virtue which Develops out of the natural condition of man is patience. Every one has more or less to suffer misfortunes, diseases and afflictions which are the common lot of humanity. Every one, too, has, after much sorrowing and suffering, to make his peace with the misfortune which befalls him. But such contentment is by no means a noble moral quality. It is a natural consequence of the continuance of affliction that weariness at last brings about conciliation. The first shock brings about depression of spirit, inquietude and wails of woe, but when the excitement of the moment is over, there is necessarily a reaction, for the extreme has been reached. But such disappointment and consequent contentment are both the result of natural inclination. It is only when the loss is received with total resignation to the will of Allah and in complete resignation to His predestination that the deed deserves to be closed under virtuous moral qualities. The word of Allah thus deals with that noble quality of patience. “We shall prove you by afflicting you in some measure with fear, and hunger, and decrease of wealth and loss of lives, and fruits. Those who prove patient under such misfortunes are to be given good tidings of Allah’s reward – to those who, when a misfortune befalls them, say: “Surely we are Allah’s creatures and His charges, and, therefore, must return to the owner of the charge”’ (II – 155-156).
This is the true expression of a true Moslem. “We are Allah’s creatures and His charges and to Him must the charges return; we come from Allah and He is our goal, therefore no trial or misfortune can disturb the course of our life, which has a much higher aim than mere comfort.”
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