Ibn al-Jawzī:
Nothing is more difficult in this life than maintaining
patience, be it patience for not acquiring what you love or being patient when
afflicted with difficulties – ESPECIALLY when patience stretches for long
periods of time or when people become desperate for relief.
Trans note: This quote is from the famous book “Ṣayyid al-Khāṭir” by Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (رحمه
الله)
(Captured Thoughts in Refrainment from the Diseases of the
Soul and in Adornment with the Rightful Etiquettes and Beloved Characteristics)
Chapter: Patience is the Key to Relief, page. 160.
Translated by: Munīb al-Ṣumālī | TROID.ORG
