PATIENCE: SOURCE OF CERTAINTY

Seek an Unlimited Reward

ISLAM gives great importance to patience. It holds out the promise of immense reward for those who practice patience. Thus, the Quran (39: 10) says: ‘Truly, those who persevere patiently will be requited without measure.’ Elsewhere, the Quran (76: 12) says: ‘[…] and their reward for being patient will be a Garden and silk [clothing].’

This is the reward for patience that people can earn in the Hereafter. But there is reward in this world too. Patience helps save you from despair. If you fall prey to the psyche of despair you will live in constant uncertainty. You cannot plan the course of your life confidently nor achieve anything great.

Patience helps you ignore factors that threaten to weaken your resolve and focus on things that can strengthen your conviction and stir you to action.

On the other hand, someone who cultivates and practices patience does not get obsessed about the trials and difficult times of the past. He lives with a strong sense of certainty. He is able to courageously plan the course of his life. And, because of this, he is able to achieve great successes.

Conviction is a positive attribute. With firm conviction you can achieve wonders. Patience helps you ignore factors that threaten to weaken your resolve and focus on things that can strengthen your conviction and stir you to action.

In this world, we are faced, at every moment, with experiences that can provoke and push us into uncertainty. In such situations, patience keeps us stay on course. It enables us to remain firmly rooted in our conviction.