from him, he is indeed despairing and ungrateful.”

“And if We give him a taste of prosperity after hardship has touched him, he will surely say, ‘My troubles have gone from me.’ Indeed, he is exultant and boastful.”

“Except those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and a great reward.”

And He says:

“So that you may not grieve over what you have missed, nor exult over what He has given you.”

Kaʿb ibn Zuhayr described some of the Emigrant Companions in these terms, saying:

They do not exult when their swords strike others,
Nor panic when they themselves are struck.

Likewise, Hassān ibn Thābit said in describing the Ansār:

No boasting when they strike their enemy;
When struck, no weakness and no panic.

One of the Arabs described the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying: “He prevails without arrogance, and is overcome without vexation.”

Since Satan urges people in both these situations to overstep the bounds with their hearts, their voices, and their hands, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade this. When he wept upon seeing Ibrāhīm in the throes of death, he was asked, “Do you weep? Did you not forbid weeping?”

He replied:

“I only forbade two foolish, sinful sounds: a sound accompanying a melody of amusement and play and the pipes of Satan; and a sound at a time of calamity, accompanied by slapping cheeks, tearing garments at the neckline, and crying out with the cries of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance.”

Thus he brought the two sounds together.