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15ـ رسولُ اللهِِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): الصَّبرُ رِضا . |
| 15– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Patience is satisfaction [with Allah’s decree].’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 6499] |
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16ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الصَّبرُ أن يَحتَمِلَ الرجُلُ ما يَنُوبُهُ ، ويَكظِمَ ما يُغضِبُهُ . |
| 16– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Patience is that a man bears whatever afflicts him and swallows his anger.’[Ibid. no,6518] |
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17ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الصَّبرُ صَبرانِ: صَبرٌ على ما تَكرَهُ ، وصَبرٌ عمّا تُحِبُّ. |
| 17– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Patience is of two types: perseverance in the face of that which you despise, and enduring restraint against that which you love.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 1874] |
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18ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): الصَّبرُ: إمّا صَبرٌ على المُصيبَةِ ، أو على الطاعَةِ ، أو عنِ المَعصيَةِ ، وهذا القِسمُ الثالثُ أعلى دَرجَةً مِنَ القِسمَينِ الأوَّلَينِ. |
| 18– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Patience comes in the form of either persevering in the face of an affliction, or enduring an act of obedience, or restraining oneself against an act of disobedience. And this third type is of a higher calibre than the first two.’[Sharhe Nahj al-Balagha li Ibn Abi al-Hadid, v. 1, p. 319] |
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19ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لَمّا سُئلَ عن الصَّبرِ الجميلِ ـ: ذلكَ صَبرٌ ليسَ فيهِ شَكوى إلى الناسِ. |
| 19– Imam al-Baqir (AS) was once asked about graceful patience [graceful patience (al-Sabr al-jamil) – mentioned in the Qur’an 12:18, 12:83 (ed.)], to which he replied, ‘That is the patience that is devoid of complaint to other people.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 93, no. 23] |
