فَهَلْ يَنتَظِرُونَ إِلَّا مِثْلَ أَيَّامِ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ قُلْ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ
Fahal yantaziroona illaa misla ayyaamil lazeena khalaw min qablihim; qul fantazirooo innee ma'akum minal muntazireen
So do they wait except for like [what occurred in] the days of those who passed on before them? Say, "Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."
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Patience
10:102Ayah 1109
3 ayahs in Yunus are strongly about patience. This is one of them.
← Previous on Patience10:20And they say, "Why is a sign not sent down to him from his Lord?" So say, "The unseen is only for Allah [to administer], so wait; indeed,Next on Patience →10:109And follow what is revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and be patient until Allah will judge. And He is the best of judges.
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What do they await when they deny you but the like of the days of those who passed away before them? of communities that is the like of chastisements that befell them. Say ‘Then await this I shall indeed be with you among the waiting’.
Related Hadiths
“They sent me to Zaid bin Khalid to ask him
about
passing in front of one who is performing prayer. He told me
that the
Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘Waiting for forty is better than passing
in
front of one who is performing prayer.’”
(One of the narrators) Sufyan said: "I do not know if he meant forty years, months, days, or hours."
I was sitting along with Hudhaifa and Abu Musa, and the rest of the hadith is the same.
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