قُلْ هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَآ إِلَّآ إِحْدَى ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ ۖ وَنَحْنُ نَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمْ أَن يُصِيبَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِعَذَابٍۢ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦٓ أَوْ بِأَيْدِينَا ۖ فَتَرَبَّصُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مَعَكُم مُّتَرَبِّصُونَ
Qul hal tarabbasoona binaaa illaaa ihdal husnayayni wa nahnu natrabbasu bikum ai yus eebakumul laahu bi'azaa bim min 'indiheee aw biaidee naa fatarabbasooo innaa ma'akum mutarabbisoon
Say, "Do you await for us except one of the two best things while we await for you that Allah will afflict you with punishment from Himself or at our hands? So wait; indeed we, along with you, are waiting."
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Patience
9:52Ayah 1129
2 ayahs in At-Tawba are strongly about patience. This is one of them.
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Say ‘Are you waiting tarabbasūn one of the two original tā’ letters in tatarabbasūn has been omitted for anything to occur for us but one of the two fair things the two fair outcomes? husnayayn is the dual form of husnā which is the feminine form of ahsan that is victory or martyrdom? We are waiting in your case too for God to afflict you with a chastisement from Him with a calamity from the heaven or at our hands should we be given permission to fight you. So wait for this to befall us we are also waiting with you’ your end.
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The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When one of you is afflicted with a calamity, he should say: "We belong to Allah, and to Him we do return." O Allah, I expect reward from Thee from this affliction, so give me reward for it, and give me a better compensation.
We went to Anas bin Malik and complained about the wrong we were suffering at the hand of Al-
Hajjaj. Anas bin Malik said, "Be patient till you meet your Lord, for no time will come upon you but
the time following it will be worse than it. I heard that from the Prophet."
“You will be picked over just as (good) dates are selected
(separated) from its bad ones. So the best of you will be taken and
the worst of you will be left, so die if you can.”
While we were waiting for `Abdullah (bin Mas`ud). Yazid bin Muawiya came. I said (to him), "Will
you sit down?" He said, "No, but I will go into the house (of Ibn Mas`ud) and let your companion (Ibn
Mas`ud) come out to you; and if he should not (come out), I will come out and sit (with you)." Then
`Abdullah came out, holding the hand of Yazid, addressed us, saying, "I know that you are assembled
here, but the reason that prevents me from coming out to you, is that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to preach to
us at intervals during the days, lest we should become bored."
While we were with `Utba. `Umar wrote to us: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is none who wears silk in this
world except that he will wear nothing of it in the Hereafter." ' Abu `Uthman pointed out with his
middle and index fingers.
This hadith has also been narrated by Abu `Uthman.
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