Patience is a virtue

Published: July 21, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

b'God tells us that Job\\u2019s story is a reminder for all those who worship God.\\xa0 (Quran 38:84)\\xa0When one truly worships God with full submission, it is necessary to have patience.\\xa0 It is easy to worship for a few days or even weeks, but we must be consistent.\\xa0 Prayer at night requires patience, fasting requires patience, living with tribulations and trials requires patience.\\xa0 The life of this world is a test and in order to pass, and be rewarded with Paradise, we need to acquire the patience of Job.\\n \\xa0\\n Every soul must taste of death, and we try you with evil and with good, for ordeal. And unto us ye will be returned.\\xa0 Quran 21:35'