Patience

Posted on 06/29/2012 by marina

PATIENCE. Arabic sabr
Is frequently enjoined in the Qur’an, e.g. Surah ii. 148: “O ye who believe! seek help through patience and prayer: verily God is with the patient.”

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

0 Retweet 0 Share 0 Google +1 0 StumbleUpon 0 Printer Friendly Send via email

Juan Cole

Welcome to Informed Comment, where I do my best to provide an independent and informed perspective on Middle Eastern and American politics.

Informed Comment is made possible by your support. If you value the information and essays, I make available and write here, please take a moment to contribute what you can.
(Blogads)
Blogads
Keep up with Informed Comment at:

Juan Cole Informed Comment Twitter LinkedIn Google+
Subscribe to Daily Email via Google's Feedburner

Juan Cole @ the University of Michigan
Juan Cole's Books @ Amazon.com
Lijit Ads
Donate to Global Americana Institute

Donate to the Global Americana Institute to support the translation into Arabic of books about America.
Friends and Interlocutors:

Josh Marshall | Truthdig| The Nation | DailyKos |Tomdispatch.com | Michael Hudson (MEI Singapore) | Kevin Drum (Mother Jones) | Mondoweiss | Salon.com | Think Progress | Helena Cobban | Huffingtonpost |Syria Comment | Marc Lynch | WashingtonNote | Stephen Walt | Kamil Pasha | Andrew Sullivan | George Packer | Glenn Greenwald | Read between the Lines. | Nir Rosen
Napoleon's Egypt Blog
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- US Drone Operator says, ‘I became a sociopath’, regrets 1626 Killings (Lest we forget) (1)
  - Deming: Interesting video. Can you post your take and any relevant facts to the US-Taliban-Karzai relationship. I...
- Dear Jenny McCarthy and Bill McKibben: Coal Plants are causing Autism, Let’s Sue Them! (5)
  - joe from Lowell: “Dirty coal is killing us and killing the earth,” but let’s not do anything about...
  - joe from Lowell: I don’t disagree about the cost of switching to renewables. The issue I brought up was the...
- Syria, NSA Spying, Popular Mobilization and History: Cole Interview in La Prensa (Ricky Martinez) (9)
  - JTMcPhee: “It is my belief that this type of fraud contributed to the 2008 financial meltdown.” And how...
- Why Cheney is the Traitor, and Why we Can’t Believe Obama on Safeguards (The Ultimate Clip of Gov’t Lies) (40)
  - Bill Bodden: “If he’s naive then you’re being intentionally ignorant. I surely don’t agree with his politics...
  - Steve: If he’s naive then you’re being intentionally ignorant. I surely don’t agree with his...
Archives
Categories
Spam Blocked

153,812 spam blocked by Akismet

Informed Comment

Patience

Juan Cole

Keep up with Informed Comment at:

Lijit Ads

Donate to Global Americana Institute

Friends and Interlocutors:

Recent Posts

Recent Comments

Archives

Categories

Spam Blocked