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Surah Al-Ma'aarij (70) — Ayah 5

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فَٱصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيلًا ﴿5﴾
So be patient (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), with a good patience.
فَٱصْبِرْ fa-iṣ'bir So be patient
صَبْرًۭا ṣabran a patience
جَمِيلًا jamīlan good

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(Ayah 5 to 7) {فَاصْبِرْ صَبْرًا جَمِيْلًا … :} That is, be patient with the demands for punishment and mockery from the disbelievers. {’’ صَبْرًا جَمِيْلًا ‘‘} In which there is neither narrowness of heart nor anxiety, neither haste nor complaint or grievance. These people consider this punishment to be far off, because they do not believe in it, and We see it as near, because its coming is certain, and your fifty thousand years are counted as one day with Us.

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5. So (O Prophet!) be patient with gracious patience [4].

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The Meaning and Benefit of "Beautiful Patience":

"Beautiful patience" is to endure someone's taunts, mockery, ridicule, and harm with a calm heart. One bears the pain oneself but does not even utter a harsh word against the one causing harm, nor complains or grumbles about them to others. It is an experienced fact that the more bitter and unpleasant beautiful patience is, the sweeter its fruit becomes. This is because Allah Himself is with those who are patient. During the Makkan period, Muslims and the Prophet ﷺ were constantly instructed to observe beautiful patience. The reason was that if the Muslims had resorted to confrontation during that time, even if it was limited to verbal altercations, it could have severely harmed the purpose of the Islamic call. The ultimate goal of Islam was that Allah would make it prevail over all other religions, which was achieved in the short span of twenty-three years. Had the Muslims started confrontation during that period, who knows how much longer it would have taken to achieve this goal.