What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "O you who believe! Seek help through patience and prayer"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. He asks: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:[Al-Baqarah 2:153]
Answer:
This is a command from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to seek help through patience and accounting (for reward) when calamities strike, and to seek help through patience and prayer while abandoning despair and dissatisfaction. "O you who believe! Seek help with what befalls you in this world of what is disliked. Seek help in bearing that through patience, which is restraining the self. Patience is restraint in language, and what is meant here is restraining the self from despair and dissatisfaction."
"Restraining the tongue from forbidden speech, such as wailing, enumerating the virtues of the deceased, and mourning. Restraining the hand from tearing garments, slapping cheeks, and making supplications of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Restraining the self from despair. This is patience. Seek help through patience. And through prayer, because prayer helps in bearing calamities and hardships."
"And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when a matter distressed him, would turn to prayer. He would seek help through it to bear what befall him and to solve the problems that arise for him, because prayer is turning to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, supplicating to Him, and conversing with Him, so He helps him in solving his problems and hardships thereby. Yes."
May Allah reward you. He asks: What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:
O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِAnswer:
This is a command from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, to seek help through patience and accounting (for reward) when calamities strike, and to seek help through patience and prayer while abandoning despair and dissatisfaction. "O you who believe! Seek help with what befalls you in this world of what is disliked. Seek help in bearing that through patience, which is restraining the self. Patience is restraint in language, and what is meant here is restraining the self from despair and dissatisfaction."
"Restraining the tongue from forbidden speech, such as wailing, enumerating the virtues of the deceased, and mourning. Restraining the hand from tearing garments, slapping cheeks, and making supplications of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Restraining the self from despair. This is patience. Seek help through patience. And through prayer, because prayer helps in bearing calamities and hardships."
"And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when a matter distressed him, would turn to prayer. He would seek help through it to bear what befall him and to solve the problems that arise for him, because prayer is turning to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, supplicating to Him, and conversing with Him, so He helps him in solving his problems and hardships thereby. Yes."
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5608- ما تفسير قوله تعالى: يا أيها الذين آمنوا استعينوا بالصبر والصلاة ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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