How is the mutual exhortation to truth and the mutual exhortation to patience?

Question:
All right, thank you to our brother Sulayman, and we return to the questions we have received via the program's mobile line. This is Abu 'Ata from Kuwait, who says: In the saying of Allah the Exalted, how is this mutual exhortation to patience and to truth?

Answer:
Yes, this surah, despite its brevity, has gathered the foundations of Islam and faith; it is a great surah. And... So, the saying of Allah the Exalted, and Asr (the Time), this is an oath from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and He is the Truthful, Glorified and Exalted is He, but He swore to emphasize the matter. Asr is time and the moment. Because of the importance of time, He swore by it. That man is indeed in loss is the answer to the oath. "Man" is comprehensive; every person falls under this oath. "Man is indeed in loss" means he is in a state of loss if he does not follow the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). He is in loss except for those who believe. They believed with their hearts and were sincere with their hearts, and they did righteous deeds. Faith is in the heart, and the deed is outward, in the open. They did righteous deeds and did not limit themselves to themselves; rather, they call to Allah, enjoin what is right, and forbid what is wrong. This is the mutual exhortation to truth. They exhorted one another to truth; some of them commanded others and called others to the true religion. They exhorted one another to truth and to patience, because the Muslim needs patience regarding what befalls him and what he encounters from people and their words. But he is patient regarding his religion. Whoever has no patience will not remain upon the religion, because he will be tested and tried. He will have opponents and enemies, but he is patient and holds fast to his religion, whatever the cost, because he is upon the truth. They exhorted one another to patience, and patience is steadfastness. Patience is restraining the self to obey Allah. Patience has three categories: patience in obeying Allah, patience in abstaining from the prohibitions of Allah, and patience regarding the painful decrees of Allah. So he must be patient regarding his religion and hold fast to it first, then be patient regarding the harm he encounters from people. And the matter may lead to his being killed, but he is patient regarding his religion and holds fast to it, even if he is killed. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So the Muslim is patient regarding his religion. It is necessary that the Muslim receive some harm. It is necessary that he encounter from the enemies what he encounters. Everyone is tested according to his faith. The believer is tested according to his faith, so he is patient regarding it because he is upon the truth. And as long as he is upon the truth, he is patient regarding what he encounters in the path of that, in obedience to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and His Messenger, hoping for the reward of Allah and His Paradise. Yes.