Patience the dictionary says its the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like.
I dont know how do we measure patience in a person.There are different levels of patience.For me patience is staying calm when one is provoking you(though I seldom stay ),be it your parents ,boss.I think I have patience to some extent ,some think I have a bit of it , some people think I dont have.Various levels come when different situations arise in your life.With age it should increase .Well ,in some cases women in the family are supposed to have more patience than men.Age,gender,class of a person also define the patience of a person .How about this:-The degree of patience is the highest threshold a human brain reaches when unwanted ,unavoidable situation occurs with unpredictablity.Phew !! philosphical.leave it.
Its a veryy important virtue in Islam.Come to think of it..its just a mind game.When we have faith in Allah ,patience comes with it.I know a very few surahs of The Quran by heart.One of them is Surah Asr.Its beautiful.It explains everything .Patience and faith go hand in hand truly.Now a days ,its not found mostly in people..Work pressure,less time to spend with family,competing for matrialistic possessions all contribute to it.I pray to Allah to give enough patience ( I need it especially when I m labelled as unknowledgeable,narrow minded because of the thing on my head-Hijab)to me and my brothers and sisters in Islam.
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