Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

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(g) will be carried out on you, and you will be rewarded. But if you
panic and show impatience, the decree of Allah (&) will be carried
out on you while you are burdened with sin (and thus you will be
doomed)."237 He (&) also said: "Patience is to faith as the head is to
the body; if the head-is cut off, the body is mined." Then he raised his
voice and said: "The one who has no patience has no faith."z3s He
also said: "Patience is a mount that never tires."
Patience occupies a well-known position in the religion of
Allah. Allah (&) mentions patience in many verses of the Qur'an,
such as the verse in which He says: (Only those who are patient shall
receive their reward in full, without reckoningb (Qur'an 39: 10). The
virtues of patience are also mentioned in many hadiths. Patience is of
three types: Patience in obeying AUah (@), patience in refraining
from disobeying Allah and patience in bearing calamity.
Amir al-Mu'mineen 'Ali ibn Abi T2ib was keen that his
actions should be sincerely for the sake of Allah (B), in accordance
with the words of Allah ($1:
(Say [O Muhammad]: My Lord has commanded justice and [said]
that you should face Him only [i.e. worship none but AUah and face
the Qiblah, i.e. the Ka'hah at Makkah during prayers] in each and
every place of worship, in prayers [and not to face other false deities
and idols], and invoke Him only making your religion sincere to Him
[by not joining in worship any partner with Him and with the
intention that you are doing your deeds for Allah's sake only]. As He
brought you [into being] in the beginning, so shall you be brought
into being [on the Day of Resurrection in two groups, one as a
blessed one (believers), and the other as a wretched one
(disbe1ievers)l.b (Qur'an 7: 29)
(Say [O Muhammad], 'I am only a man like you. It has been revealed
to me that your Ilhh [God] is One Ilhh [God - i.e. Allah]. So