Be Patient Oh Soul Of Mine...

Everyday we hear news flash of another loss of an innocent human life/s. Some of us look away because of anger, yet deep pain embeds the soul, a pain that stems from the invisible paradigm, the feeling of ‘Ummah’. Others because the grief and injustice is so great, bow down and raise the hands for mercy from Allah:
‘Ya Allah, give your servants the power to fight injustice, Ya Allah give your servants the strength to establish good and forbid the evil…’
Then you have those who endeavour to physically bring about peace and fight for the cause of the brother and sisters who suffer in the hands of evil, of the Ummah the beloved RasulAllah SAW who worked relentlessly to establish and expand.

So regardless of what we do and how we go about in times of injustice, there is but one crucial point. That point is we, as Muslims must embed patience in our actions and thoughts, this will be illustrated in our words, physical movements and the radiance on our faces. For then will we be composed and articulate enough to deal with both good and evil, inshAllah.

Allah SWT in his glorious book reiterates the need for patience and perseverance…


"Be sure We shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods, lives, and the fruits of your toil. But give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere. Those who say, when afflicted with calamity, 'To Allah we belong, and to Him is our return.' They are those on whom descend blessings from their Lord, and mercy. They are the ones who receive guidance." (2:155-157)

"Oh you who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy. Vie in such perseverance, strengthen each other, and be pious, that you may prosper." (3:200)

"And be steadfast in patience, for verily Allah will not suffer the reward of the righteous to perish." (11:115)

"Be patient, for your patience is with the help of Allah." (16:127)
"Patiently, then, persevere - for the Promise of Allah is true, and ask forgiveness for your faults, and celebrate the praises of your Lord in the evening and in the morning." (40:55)

"No one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self-restraint, none but persons of the greatest good fortune." (41:35)

"Verily man is in loss, except such as have faith, and do righteous deeds, and join together in the mutual enjoining of truth, and of patience and constancy." (103:2-3)

There is hardship in all our lives; no soul is left untouched by the equilibrium of joy and grief. Life is a balance and both are needed for the better of us. Moments of bliss will be the next moments of pain. But again I repeat the need to be positive, reassure ourselves the one verse Allah SWT tells us to acknowledge and contemplate…

Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Verily, with every difficulty there is relief.
Qur'an 94:5-6

‘Ya Allah, my Lord give me what is best for this duniyah and the hereafter. Ya Allah, I plead to you to protect me from the desires of this duniyah it is but for my own self-destruction. Ya Allah let not anything extinguish my need for You…’

Ameen.