❀ Patience and Forbearance: The Path to Transforming Anger into Peace ❀
✦ By: Qari Usama bin Abdussalam
Anger is an emotion that spreads rapidly among people.
When someone is angry, never respond with anger, even if the person seemingly deserves such a reaction due to their behavior.
Do not let their anger become your anger; do not let the storm within them become a part of your own heart.
Anger is an emotion that ignites within a person’s heart, but if another person joins in, both hearts can be scorched.
Anger is often a defensive mechanism, concealing some internal pain, helplessness, or deprivation.
When we also respond with anger, we are, in fact, deepening the wound—not only for the other person but also for ourselves.
If someone speaks harshly, even to the extent of attacking your dignity and honor, still respond with gentleness.
Remember, they are not shouting at you; they are merely expressing their inner torment.
Responding with gentleness and silence not only impacts the other person, but also preserves your own soul and inner peace.
Your tranquility is your real strength.
Reassure your heart:
"I will not let someone else’s poison become my breath.
I will make my peaceful nature my shield."
To bear anger is not a weakness, but rather a strength of the heart that only those with great character possess.
In reality, it is that very light which, even when it touches darkness, does not extinguish—but shines even brighter.
✦ By: Qari Usama bin Abdussalam
◈ The Nature of Anger and Its Rapid Spread
Anger is an emotion that spreads rapidly among people.
When someone is angry, never respond with anger, even if the person seemingly deserves such a reaction due to their behavior.
Do not let their anger become your anger; do not let the storm within them become a part of your own heart.
◈ Anger: An Inner Pain and External Reaction
Anger is an emotion that ignites within a person’s heart, but if another person joins in, both hearts can be scorched.
Anger is often a defensive mechanism, concealing some internal pain, helplessness, or deprivation.
When we also respond with anger, we are, in fact, deepening the wound—not only for the other person but also for ourselves.
◈ Patience and Gentleness: The True Strength
If someone speaks harshly, even to the extent of attacking your dignity and honor, still respond with gentleness.
Remember, they are not shouting at you; they are merely expressing their inner torment.
Responding with gentleness and silence not only impacts the other person, but also preserves your own soul and inner peace.
Your tranquility is your real strength.
◈ A Commitment to Oneself
Reassure your heart:
"I will not let someone else’s poison become my breath.
I will make my peaceful nature my shield."
◈ Self-Control: A Mark of True Nobility
To bear anger is not a weakness, but rather a strength of the heart that only those with great character possess.
In reality, it is that very light which, even when it touches darkness, does not extinguish—but shines even brighter.
