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THE SWEETNESS OF THE REWARD LESSENS THE BITTERNESS OF PATIENCE

One is faced with trials and difficulties in every moment of life, but having faith and certainty serves to comfort and console one of them. Strong faith, reliance upon Allāh, hope in the reward of Allāh and desire for His beneficence are the basic constituents that help bring this state about. The sweetness of the reward lessens the bitterness of patience.

Allāh, Exalted is He, says,

إِن تَكُونُوا۟ تَأْلَمُونَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَأْلَمُونَ كَمَا تَأْلَمُونَ وَتَرْجُونَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَرْجُونَ

"If you feel pain, they too are feeling it just as you are, but you hope for something from Allāh which they cannot hope for."

[Sūrah al-Nisā' (4):104]

Book: The Tree Of Faith
By Al-Allamah 'Abdur-Rahman al-Sa'di
Translated by Abū Rumaysah
P. 71