Transliteration:( Wa jazaahum bimaa sabaroo jannatanw wa hareeraa )
18. This tells us that patience is superior to gratitude because the Holy Qur'aan has established the reward of gratitude as an increase in bounties in the following words: "If you will be grateful, then I shall give you more" (S14:V7), while the reward of patience mentioned here is Paradise and things of Paradise. At another place it is said that Allah Almighty is with those who are patient.
If Allah Almighty is with the person then what else will he need? It should be remembered that patience is of four types: patience on obedience, patience from sinful activities, patience at bereavement and patience at the time of calamities and hardships. All four categories of patience are amply found in the household of Imam Husain . the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم is indeed the Prince of the Patient.
The tafsir of Surah Al-Insan verse 12 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Insan ayat 4 which provides the complete commentary from verse 4 through 12.
16. Here the word sabr (patience) has been used in a very comprehensive sense. The whole worldly life of the righteous believers in fact has been described as a life of patience. From the time a man attains discretion, or believes, till death; his suppressing of unlawful desires, adhering to the bounds set by Allah, carrying out the duties enjoined by Him, sacrificing his time, his wealth, his effort, powers and abilities, even his life if so required, ignoring every greed and temptation, which might turn him away from Allah’s way, meeting every danger and enduring every hardship faced on the way of the truth, giving up every gain and pleasure accruing from unlawful ways and means, bearing every loss and suffering and affliction incurred on account of his love for truth, and doing all this with full faith in the promise of Allah that He will bless the doer with the fruits of this righteous conduct not in this world but in the second life after death, turns the whole life of a believer into a life of patience, eternal and perpetual patience, all pervasive and life long patience.
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