The third verse: His—Exalted is He—statement, “Indeed, the patient shall be paid their reward in full without measure” (al-Zumar 10). “Shall be paid in full” means that the patient will be given “their reward,” i.e., their recompense. As for the phrase “without measure,” good deeds in general are multiplied: one good deed counts as ten like it, up to seven hundred times, even to many multiples beyond that. Patience, however, is multiplied by Allah—Majestic and Sublime—without any set limit; it is something known only to Him and beyond calculation. One does not say, for instance, that it is tenfold or seven-hundredfold. Rather, “He pays the reward without measure.” This verse contains an obvious encouragement to practice patience.

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The fourth verse: His—Exalted is He—statement, “And whoever is patient and forgives, that is surely among matters of firm resolve” (al-Shūrā 43). In other words, whoever bears people’s harm, endures them, and pardons the wrongs they commit against him, “that is surely among matters of firm resolve”—among the weighty, demanding matters that call for steadfastness and endurance, all the more so when the harm a person suffers is due to his striving in Allah’s cause and to his obedience. People’s hurt can arise from many different reasons. When its cause is obedience to Allah—Most High—striving in His path, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong, the person is rewarded from two angles:

First: for the harm that reaches him.

Second: for his perseverance in the act of obedience for which he was harmed in Allah’s cause.