THE PATIENTAs Saboor means The Patient. The first lesson in spiritual enlightenment is to learn patience. This has been revealed in the Quran in countless places. Let us look at an example from the Quran:
)) said: "You will not be able to have patience
with me! This incidence took place,
when Musa () met Khidr (). Even after having spoken to
Allah, Musa () was still in need
of a lesson in patience. If Musa (),
even with the honour of being Allah's Messenger, needed a lesson
in patience, then we, the ordinary people, are in an even a greater
need of learning patience.
In nature, Allah has given us another example. We have all heard
the expression that a dog is man's best friend. If we do not feed
the dog for a day or more, the dog will still respect its master.
The dog will not bite its master because of starvation. The dog
will not turn against its master. If we admonish the dog for a
wrong action, the dog will still respect its master. It will not
bark at the master.
If we are deprived of a single meal, we turn against our Master
who is our Rabb (Lord). We become impatient. We can learn a lesson
from the dog. If a dog is faithful to its master, then what is
wrong with the human beings that we become unfaithful to our Master?
The first lesson we all
need to learn is Sabr. Why? Because Allah is As Saboor - The Patient
One and we also have to emulate the quality of being patient.
There are many instances in which patience is required. We need
to be patient when we are hungry. We need to be patient when we
are in pain. We need to be patient when we are ill. We need to
be patient when we suffer a loss. Whatever the reason for distress,
we need to be patient. Patience is a noble quality.
When we transgress against Allah, Allah is patient with us. Perhaps
we might turn back and ask for forgiveness. Allah gives us plenty
of chances to repent or turn back to the right path so that we
can ask Allah for forgiveness. Allah does not like haste. Haste
is a quality of Shaytan (Satan). Shaytan makes us act in haste.
From the above reference,
in verse 45 we learn that patience can only be achieved by humbling
ourselves. And the verse that follows clearly states that: Who
know that they will have to meet their Rabb and to Him they are
returning. This is what we are trying to achieve with this book,
we know we have to meet our Rabb and we have to return to Him.
There are two ways of returning to our Rabb. One way is through
death when we leave the world physically. The other way is to
die before death. That is to kill the worldly desires.
There is something very interesting in the above Hadees. The last two sentences are very important. By Allah, Allah will never cause you to die twice. As for the death which was written for you, has come upon you.
…never cause
you to die twice.
Why did Abu Bakr as Siddiq (
) say
those words? What he meant was that no person can experience death
twice. What he indicated was that Muhammad 
had already given up worldly desires while he was walking on this
earth in a physical form. What he indicated was that Muhammad
had already experienced death
before death came. What Abu Bakr as Siddiq ()
indicated was that Muhammad had
already met Allah while he was still walking on this earth. And
nobody can meet Allah before death, unless of course we die (or
kill our worldly desires) before death comes to us. Only then
can we meet Allah while we are still walking on this earth. The
last sentence in the above Hadees clarifies the normal death,
which is decreed by Allah even while we were in our mother's womb.
To clarify the two deaths, that is die before dying, is when we leave alone the worldly desires and we are not attracted to them while we live amongst the people of earth. The second death is where we depart from the earthly community and live with the community of Burzakh, the spirit world.
How do we achieve the death before death? By practicing and achieving patience. When we have patience. Then we are not bothered by hunger. Then we are not bothered by insults. Then we are not bothered by possessions. Then we are effectively dead to this world of illusions and we are alive in Allah. That is when Shaytan can longer influence us.
Adam ()
was driven out of heaven for one mistake and he had to learn to
be patient for 330 years. Then, and only then, was Adam () admitted back to heaven into
the presence of Allah. The average human life span is much shorter
in the present age. Even then we are impatient. Therefore we should
start with the lesson on patience and work our way back to Allah.
That is, let us start by learning the most difficult lesson in
patience first and work our way back to Allah. Let us die before
death comes to us. Let us kill our desires for this world of illusions.
When we achieve that, we can return to Allah even while we walk
on this earth in a physical form.
The difference between
Sabr 
Patience
and Saboor 
Patient is just one letter Waw (). Therefore
to practice patience, to become Patient we need to have and show
lots of love and kindness towards Allah's creatures and creation.
Allah treats every human being whether Muslim or non-Muslim equally.
Therefore we must learn from that.
What is Sabr? Sabr is
whatever happens in the Sadr ()chest to keep it within ourselves
()
and be thankful to our Rabb ()in all conditions. Since we started
this article by mentioning one of Allah's Messengers, namely,
Musa (), then let us finish with another
reference pertaining to Musa ().
I also ask Allah, my Rabb to expand my chest, ease my task for me and remove the impediment from my speech and writing so that the readers and the listeners may understand. Ameen.
May Allah give us all patience in each and every condition. Ameen.
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Whoever reads Ya Saboor
101 times, Insha Allah that person will be saved from every hardship
and Allah will hold back the tongues of the enemies and the envious.
If a person is troubled in any way, Allah will relieve the person
who reads Ya Saboor 298 times and Allah will give that person
peace of mind. Furthermore, meditation on Ya Saboor will make
the person patient in times of difficulty. Whatever task is taken
on by the one who meditates on Ya Saboor, Allah will ensure that
the person completes that task successfully, Insha Allah.
Remember to recite any Darood of your choice 11 times before and
after the above Zikr and send the Hadiya (reward) for the Darood
to Allah's Rasool, our Master, Muhammad
.
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