“”Our Lord! Bestow on us endurance, make our foothold sure, and give us help against the disbelieving folk.” (The Holy Qur’an, 2:250) The above verse refers to a group of believers who in order to discharge a compulsory obligation have readied themselves to confront an enemy in the battlefield. They are asking Allah to bless…
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“”If there are twenty patient (steadfast) ones among you, they will overcome two hundred (of the infidels) and if there are a hundred (such ones), they will overcome a thousands” (The Holy Qur’an, 8:65) The above verse emphasises the importance of offering resistance and being steadfast while confronting the interior motives within the self, which…
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“The prominence and glory which distinguish the lives of the holy Imams, and the special characteristics which may be repeated while reciting salutations as mentioned in the “Ziyarat-nama”, was their being patient in obedience to Allah. This is an area, in which many ordinary people found themselves helpless, and could not tolerate the hardships and…
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“If the patience practiced by the Infallible Imams would have been of such a type that although unhappy about the bad conditions of their times, with hearts bleeding for the worsening plight of Muslims and Islam, they had confined themselves to the safe boundaries of their homes without taking any concrete steps for destruction of…
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“Patience means to be able to offer resistance in all the above circumstances. Patience never allows us to surrender with folded hands, to be insulted, to give up the initiative, and become prisoner of the events.” SOURCE: DISCOURSE ON PATIENCE | IMAM KHAMENEI