Zakir Naik – What is the Significance of Patience

Zakir Naik
Share Page

AI: Summary ©

The speaker discusses the importance of patient patience in Islam, stating that it is a requirement for success in life. They also mention the importance of patientism in obtaining a return from Jesus, and explain that achieving patient and perseverance is crucial for success. The speaker emphasizes that achieving patient and perseverance is a combination of hard work and continuous passion for oneself.

AI: Summary ©

00:00:01 --> 00:00:03
			Doctor Zakir, since, Ramadan
		
00:00:04 --> 00:00:06
			is the month of that trains your mind
		
00:00:06 --> 00:00:07
			towards patients,
		
00:00:08 --> 00:00:10
			Could you tell the viewers about the significance
		
00:00:11 --> 00:00:12
			of patience?
		
00:00:13 --> 00:00:16
			As far as the word patience is concerned,
		
00:00:16 --> 00:00:18
			that is sabr, It's mentioned in the Quran
		
00:00:18 --> 00:00:20
			102 times, and it is one of the
		
00:00:20 --> 00:00:23
			most important virtues in Islam.
		
00:00:23 --> 00:00:25
			And through patience, you can come close with
		
00:00:25 --> 00:00:26
			Allah
		
00:00:27 --> 00:00:29
			And the Quran says in several places that
		
00:00:29 --> 00:00:30
			Allah is those who are patient.
		
00:00:30 --> 00:00:32
			Allah says in Suri Baqarah chapter number 2
		
00:00:32 --> 00:00:33
			verse 45
		
00:00:34 --> 00:00:37
			that seek Allah's help with patience, perseverance, and
		
00:00:37 --> 00:00:37
			prayer.
		
00:00:38 --> 00:00:40
			And it is indeed hard except for those
		
00:00:40 --> 00:00:41
			who are humble.
		
00:00:42 --> 00:00:43
			Allah says in Suri Baqarah chapter number 2,
		
00:00:43 --> 00:00:45
			verse number 153.
		
00:00:51 --> 00:00:52
			That, oh, you believe,
		
00:00:54 --> 00:00:56
			seek Allah's help with patience, perseverance,
		
00:00:57 --> 00:00:59
			and prayer. For verily,
		
00:00:59 --> 00:01:02
			Allah is with those who patiently persevere.
		
00:01:03 --> 00:01:05
			Allah repeats a similar message in Surah Baqarah
		
00:01:05 --> 00:01:07
			chapter number 2, verse number 155
		
00:01:08 --> 00:01:08
			to verse number 157,
		
00:01:09 --> 00:01:10
			that
		
00:01:11 --> 00:01:14
			surely we will test you with something of
		
00:01:14 --> 00:01:15
			fear and hunger,
		
00:01:16 --> 00:01:17
			with loss
		
00:01:17 --> 00:01:19
			of goods and lives
		
00:01:20 --> 00:01:20
			and fruits
		
00:01:21 --> 00:01:22
			of toils,
		
00:01:23 --> 00:01:23
			and
		
00:01:24 --> 00:01:25
			those are successful,
		
00:01:25 --> 00:01:27
			those who patiently persevere.
		
00:01:27 --> 00:01:28
			And the verse continues,
		
00:01:29 --> 00:01:30
			and
		
00:01:30 --> 00:01:32
			when struck with the calamity,
		
00:01:33 --> 00:01:34
			they say,
		
00:01:37 --> 00:01:38
			that from him we come and to him
		
00:01:38 --> 00:01:39
			we return. From Allah
		
00:01:40 --> 00:01:42
			we come and to him is our return.
		
00:01:43 --> 00:01:45
			The Allah talks about patience, about perseverance.
		
00:01:46 --> 00:01:48
			Allah says in the Quran in Surah Al
		
00:01:48 --> 00:01:50
			Imran, chapter number 3, verse number 200. That
		
00:01:50 --> 00:01:51
			all you believe,
		
00:01:52 --> 00:01:53
			persevere in patience
		
00:01:54 --> 00:01:54
			and constancy
		
00:01:56 --> 00:01:58
			and strengthen each other so that we may
		
00:01:58 --> 00:01:59
			prosper.
		
00:01:59 --> 00:02:01
			Allah says in the Quran in Surihud chapter
		
00:02:01 --> 00:02:03
			number 11 verse number 150.
		
00:02:04 --> 00:02:05
			And be steadfast
		
00:02:05 --> 00:02:06
			in patience,
		
00:02:07 --> 00:02:10
			for verily, Allah will not suffer
		
00:02:10 --> 00:02:12
			the reward of those who are righteous.
		
00:02:12 --> 00:02:15
			Allah repeats the message in Surah Nihal, chapter
		
00:02:15 --> 00:02:16
			number 16, verse number 27.
		
00:02:17 --> 00:02:19
			That, be patient. For very little patience is
		
00:02:19 --> 00:02:20
			from Allah.
		
00:02:21 --> 00:02:22
			And one of the criteria
		
00:02:23 --> 00:02:23
			to go to Jannah
		
00:02:24 --> 00:02:27
			is sabr. That's patience. Allah says in the
		
00:02:27 --> 00:02:29
			Quran, in Suri Al Asr, chapter number 103
		
00:02:30 --> 00:02:31
			was in 1 to 3.
		
00:02:38 --> 00:02:39
			Indeed,
		
00:02:39 --> 00:02:41
			mankind is in a state of loss, except
		
00:02:42 --> 00:02:42
			those who have faith,
		
00:02:43 --> 00:02:45
			those who have righteous deeds, those who exalt
		
00:02:45 --> 00:02:47
			people to truth, and those who exalt people
		
00:02:47 --> 00:02:48
			to patient and perseverance.
		
00:02:48 --> 00:02:49
			So one of the criteria I go to
		
00:02:49 --> 00:02:50
			Jannah
		
00:02:51 --> 00:02:53
			is that you should have sabr.
		
00:02:53 --> 00:02:55
			The minimum full kite that you go to
		
00:02:55 --> 00:02:58
			Jannah, iman, righteous deeds, exoning people to truth,
		
00:02:58 --> 00:03:00
			exoning people to patient proceedings. If any one
		
00:03:00 --> 00:03:02
			of them is missing under normal circumstances, you
		
00:03:02 --> 00:03:04
			shall not go to Jannah.
		
00:03:04 --> 00:03:05
			Because Allah says
		
00:03:06 --> 00:03:08
			that patience is a requirement. If Allah wants
		
00:03:08 --> 00:03:10
			to forgive you, it's a different question. As
		
00:03:10 --> 00:03:11
			Allah says in Surin Nisa chapter 4 was
		
00:03:11 --> 00:03:14
			48. And Surin Nisa chapter 4 was 116.
		
00:03:14 --> 00:03:15
			If Allah pleases,
		
00:03:16 --> 00:03:17
			he may forgive any sin. But the sin
		
00:03:17 --> 00:03:19
			of Sheikh, he'll not forgive. But under normal
		
00:03:19 --> 00:03:22
			circumstances, if any one of these 4 criteria
		
00:03:22 --> 00:03:23
			are missing, you should not have the Jannah.
		
00:03:24 --> 00:03:25
			And one of them is Sabar.
		
00:03:27 --> 00:03:27
			And
		
00:03:28 --> 00:03:30
			in the Quran, in Surah Sharah chapter 94,
		
00:03:31 --> 00:03:31
			verse 56,
		
00:03:33 --> 00:03:33
			says,
		
00:03:37 --> 00:03:38
			After every difficulty,
		
00:03:39 --> 00:03:42
			there is reward. After every difficulty, there is
		
00:03:42 --> 00:03:45
			success. That means, hard times are there, but
		
00:03:45 --> 00:03:48
			Insha'Allah, in the end, there is success. So
		
00:03:48 --> 00:03:49
			we have to be on the straight path,
		
00:03:49 --> 00:03:50
			we have to do sabr,
		
00:03:51 --> 00:03:51
			and
		
00:03:52 --> 00:03:54
			the translation of sabr as I mentioned, it
		
00:03:54 --> 00:03:55
			is patience,
		
00:03:55 --> 00:03:56
			it
		
00:03:56 --> 00:03:57
			leads
		
00:03:58 --> 00:03:59
			to self restraint.
		
00:04:00 --> 00:04:02
			And sabar also means
		
00:04:03 --> 00:04:03
			constancy.
		
00:04:05 --> 00:04:06
			It means forbearance.
		
00:04:07 --> 00:04:08
			It means endurance.
		
00:04:09 --> 00:04:12
			It means perseverance. There are various different shades.
		
00:04:12 --> 00:04:13
			And if a person
		
00:04:13 --> 00:04:14
			is patient,
		
00:04:15 --> 00:04:17
			then it gets in success. A person who's
		
00:04:17 --> 00:04:19
			impatient, he gets irritated,
		
00:04:19 --> 00:04:21
			he gets angry,
		
00:04:21 --> 00:04:23
			he is very short-tempered,
		
00:04:23 --> 00:04:26
			he may fire some of his staff, he
		
00:04:26 --> 00:04:27
			may lose his school,
		
00:04:28 --> 00:04:30
			he may behave badly with other people. So
		
00:04:30 --> 00:04:31
			impatiently
		
00:04:31 --> 00:04:32
			is very wrong.
		
00:04:33 --> 00:04:35
			Think what you can do, you cannot do
		
00:04:35 --> 00:04:35
			because of impatience.
		
00:04:36 --> 00:04:37
			And if a person
		
00:04:37 --> 00:04:39
			is calm and
		
00:04:39 --> 00:04:41
			sober, he can think properly and success
		
00:04:42 --> 00:04:45
			is more closer to him. An impatient person,
		
00:04:45 --> 00:04:47
			he gets violent, he gets irritated, he gets
		
00:04:47 --> 00:04:47
			frustrated,
		
00:04:48 --> 00:04:49
			and the thing which he can do cannot
		
00:04:49 --> 00:04:52
			be done. Now the patience converts a thing
		
00:04:52 --> 00:04:53
			which I can't do into a thing which
		
00:04:53 --> 00:04:54
			I can do.
		
00:04:55 --> 00:04:57
			And patience is very important for success in
		
00:04:57 --> 00:04:58
			this world as well as the