Allah is with those who are patient
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِينَ
"O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient."
Context
Revealed to the Muslim community at a moment of testing. The pairing of ṣabr and ṣalāh as the two tools the believer is given for every hardship.
What the classical scholars said.
Passages from our audiobook library that reference this verse, its theme, or its vocabulary.
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"is better than patience with them, and patience with them is better than patience with the fire."
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"Al-Shibli said, Patience in God, and was told no, Patience for God, and was told no, Patience"
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"in three forms, patience in performing Allah's obligations, patience in refraining from prohibitions,"
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"Since patience is one of the pillars of maintaining repentance, it is necessary to explain patience,"
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"Therefore, fasting is considered half of patience, because complete patience involves resisting"
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"gentleness in what he forbids, and patience in what he commands, patience in what he forbids,"
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"for patience. The idea that patience constitutes half of faith should not lead you to believe"
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"David prayed, My God, I have no patience for the heat of Your sun, so how can I have patience"
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"The Book of Patience and Gratitude, the first half on patience, the length of familiarity"
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"is to ready oneself for patience. For this reason, Allah Almighty has combined patience"
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"your patience, meaning to eat, because it preserves patience and removes recklessness."
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"The messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to him, oh Abu Bakr, do not grieve. Indeed, Allah is with us."
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"They prayed our Lord pour out patience upon us and make firm our steps and help us against the disbelieving people"
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"They prayed our Lord pour upon us patience make firm our steps and grant us victory over the disbelieving people"
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"The states we have mentioned, such as repentance, patience, asceticism, fear and hope, are preliminaries"
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"Overall, the text serves as a guide to cultivating virtues like patience, forgiveness, and gentleness,"
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"bitterness of patience. Just as oxymelon combines the sweetness of sugar and the sourness of vinegar"
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"patience for those whose counsel we do not expect and whom we distrust, let alone for those whom we"
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