Month: April 2019

What does Islam say about Patience?

Quran 2:153 O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.

“Seek Allah’s help with patient perseverance and prayer. It is indeed hard except for those who are humble.” (2:45)

“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)

“It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards East or West.
But it is righteousness to believe in Allah and the Last Day,
And the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers;
To spend of your substance, out of love for Him,
For your kin, for orphans, for the needy,
for the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for the ransom of slaves;
To be steadfast in prayer
And give in charity;
To fulfill the contracts which you have made;
And to be firm and patient, in pain and adversity
And throughout all periods of panic.
Such are the people of truth, the God-fearing.
Qur’an 2:177

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

“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)

Hazrat Sheikh_Saadi_Shirazi (رحمتہ اللہ علیہ)

Another example of what one might expect to find in an
“old book” that touches upon the subject of health or
medicine is outdated remedies or cures. Various historical
sources state that the Prophet () gave some advice about
health and hygiene, yet most of these pieces of advice are
not contained in the Quran. At first glance, to the non‐
Muslims this appears to be a negligent omission. They
cannot understand why Allah would not “include” such
helpful information in the Quran. Some Muslims attempt
to explain this absence with the following argument:
“Although the Prophet’s advice was sound and applicable
to the time in which he lived, Allah, in His infinite
wisdom, knew that there would come later medical and
scientific advances which would make the Prophet’s
advice appear outdated. When later discoveries occurred,
people might say that such information contradicted that
which the Prophet () had given. Thus, since Allah would
never allow any opportunity for the non‐Muslims to claim
that the Quran contradicts itself or the teachings of the
Prophet (), He only included in the Quran information
and examples which could stand the test of time.”
However, when one examines the true realities of the
Quran in terms of its existence as a divine revelation, the
entire matter is quickly brought into its proper
perspective, and the error in such argumentation becomes

clear and understandable.

It must be understood that the Quran is a divine
revelation, and as such, all information in it is of divine
origin. Allah revealed the Quran from Himself. It is the
words of Allah, which existed before creation, and thus
nothing can be added, subtracted or altered. In essence,
the Quran existed and was complete before the creation of
Prophet Muhammad (), so it could not possibly contain
any of the Prophet’s own words or advice. An inclusion of
such information would clearly contradict the purpose for
which the Quran exists, compromise its authority and
render it inauthentic as a divine revelation.

Consequently, there was no “home remedies” in the
Quran which one could claim to be outdated; nor does it
contain any man’s view about what is beneficial to health,
what food is best to eat, or what will cure this or that
disease. In fact, the Quran only mentions one item dealing
with medical treatment, and it is not in dispute by anyone.
It states that in honey there is healing. And certainly, I do
not think that there is anyone who will argue with that!

It is said in the Qur’an:

And spend out of what We have given you before death comes to any of you, so that he should say: My Lord! why did You not respite me to a near term, so that I should have given alms and been among the doers of good deeds? (Munafiqun, 63/10).

Inspired by this verse, Hadrat Mawlana (Alaihi Rahma) said:

• “Unfortunate souls are like dwellers in a house full of smoke. Give ear to their cries and respond by opening a window for ventilation. That will refine your soul!”

• “What have you got? What have you treasured up? What kind of pearl did you draw from the bottom of the sea? All this will be clear on the day of your death.”

• “Visiting friends without a present is like going to the mill without wheat.”