Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Importance of Patience in Islam December 11, 2022

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References in this lecture 14
Quran 2:249 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 67:2 · Al-Mulk
Quran 5:27 · Al-Ma'idah
Quran 39:10 · Az-Zumar
Sirat Ibn Hisham, vol. 1, p. 262
Al-Sunan al-Kubra by Al-Bayhaqi, Hadith no. 18275-76
Quran 3:120 · Aal-Imran
Quran 14:12 · Ibrahim
Quran 21:67 · Al-Anbiya
Quran 68:48 · Al-Qalam
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Why patience is the ultimate solution in Islam
“One of Islam's important teachings is patience”
34 sec
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Quranic definition and importance of patience (sabr)
“Sabr appears 103 times in the Quran”
4 min 40 sec
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Life as a test: why humans must adjust and stay patient
“Man has come here to be tested”
36 sec
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Abnormal situations carry a potential divine reward
“An abnormal situation carries a potential reward”
29 sec
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Hasty response is impatience, considered response is patience
“A hasty response is impatience; a considered one is patience”
1 min 27 sec
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Maulana Ilyas slapped in Mewat, responds with patience
“The founder of Tablighi Jamaat worked in Mewat”
3 min 7 sec
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From suicidal despair to building a top school through patience
“He built a huge company, then wanted to end his life”
27 sec
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Impatience versus wise thinking, life's secret
“Impatience is unwise thinking, patience is wise thinking”
56 sec
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Stalin's weapons versus Maulana's threefold call for patience
“Stalin said 'weapons'; Maulana said 'patience, patience, patience'”
1 min 11 sec
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Gandhi's nonviolent movement succeeds through patience
“Take the example of Gandhi ji”
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Persian proverb: patience is bitter, its fruit sweet
“Sabr talkh ast, walekin bar-e-sheereen darad”
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Quran: reward of the patient is beyond measure
“Innama yuwaffa sabiruna ajrahum bighayri hisab”
1 min 24 sec
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Landlord's impatience over a beard ruins his family
“Three big landlords lived in our village”
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Patience is the source of every good deed
“Our biggest task in life is self-purification”
3 min 6 sec
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Prophet Muhammad's strategic patience from Mecca to conquest
“Accepting the status quo temporarily, then replanning”
2 min 40 sec
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Should patience apply even against a conspiracy?
“If the other side is conspiring against us, should we stay silent?”
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Prophet Ibrahim's patience when thrown into the fire
“They threw Ibrahim into the fire for saying God is One”
2 min 2 sec
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Prophets Ibrahim, Noah and Yunus' extreme patience
“Look at Prophet Ibrahim, thrown into the fire”
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Prophet Noah's 900 years of patient preaching
“Noah kept working for 900 years despite mockery”
3 min 9 sec
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Prophet Ayyub's (Job's) extreme patience through suffering
“Why do prophets endure such harsh circumstances?”
2 min 35 sec
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Why Maulana emphasized controlling anger
“Maulana always emphasized controlling anger”
27 sec
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Getting angry lets the other person control you
“Getting angry means you're letting that person dictate you”
1 min 41 sec
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A poem on facing risk, plus the traffic analogy for life
“A poet asked: 'there'll be mountains, shall I still climb?'”