Why Does Allah Command Patience?

Alhamdulillah. Continuing in the chapter of the chapter of patience from the illustrious book authored by Andi mentions very strategically after the first verse to introduce the topic. IC he began with a command. Anything that Allah commands is an act of worship. And any act of worship worship garers love from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. How does a person earn Allah's love? By worshiping him in the way that he has commanded. Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Anything that he commands, we know that this is an act of worship because he only commands with that which he loves. Subhanahu wa ta'ala. The command that in Noah we began with. Oh you who have believed exude patience, exhibit patience, practice patience, be patient. The next verse he mentions is almost a response to the other side of that and that is what can we expect to have to exhibit patience in the face of. There will be there will be difficulty. There will be trial, tribulation. There will be testing. What can we expect? In what facets of our lives will these trials and tribulations take place? Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in verse number 155 of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says that which translates to and verily indeed by Allah we are going to test you all with a portion of fear and hunger and a lack of various types of wealth and a lack of bodies or a lack of lives and a lack of fruits. and give glad tidings to those who are patient. This statement of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala we indeed verily are going to test you all with a portion of fear. The person's life is not going to be entirely enveloped in fear nor entirely enveloped in a complete and utter lack of resources every single waking moment. There may be long portions of that, long terms of that. But every person in this world, no matter how good he is and no matter how bad he is, will have an element of happiness in his or her life and an element of sadness in his or her life, an element of difficulty and an element of ease. He says subhanahu wa ta'ala a portion of fear. Fear of one's mortality, fear of death, fear of all of the things that usually scare the human being. fear over one's self, over one's wealth, over one's family, over one's state, property, etc. Fear. He mentions hunger. This is something that some of us have not really felt forced upon us in a very long time. But Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has commanded that we fast in order to always keep in mind what it is to need, what it is to want. When the person is constantly satisfied all of the time and satisfaction becomes the norm, this is where entitlement comes from. This is where a person becomes soft and unable to recognize a blessing for what it is. And so we have been commanded by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to fast. We have been commanded by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to give. We've been commanded by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to set aside time to pray and so forth in order that our thankfulness be in line with our blessings. He says, "And a lack or a depletion of different types of wealth, a depletion of souls and bodies, a depletion of fruits. And this last one, a lack of fruits. This is a major major test from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. It's speaking about physical fruits. Yes, of course. Where a person may work his entire year in order to plant his crop and the yield of fruits at the end of that egregious time is very underwhelming or maybe done away with entirely physically. but also metaphorical fruits as the companions have pointed out. Fruits of one's labor, the payoff of patience. A person is going to be tested by that. And this is a test that many of us fail. Many human beings fail. But not only is it a test of will we fail or succeed in that test, but will it change our course? What does that mean? One of the fruits of patience is victory. As the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, one of the fruits of good deeds is that good will spread. One of the fruits of teaching is that people will learn. One of the fruits of fighting is that peace will prevail. One of the etc. There's always an end goal in what we strive for. But will our striving suffer if we don't see those fruits? If we fight and fight and fight and it seems there's no peace in in in sight. If we teach and teach and teach and it seems that no one is accepting. If the prophets and messengers call their people and no one accepts Islam. If a person pardons only to never be pardoned by others. If a person is generous only to never be shown generosity by others. This is a lack of immediate fruit. Person is being rewarded but the immediate fruit is not there and that reinforces a person's actions. Will this change a person's course? Meaning will I continue to be good no matter if the fruits present themselves or not. Am I doing this for the sake of Allah or am I doing this because I am looking for the fruits of my labor in this life. This is a major major test was tested with this for 950 years. 950 years he was tested with calling his people and no one would answer his call. Very very few people accepted Islam after a legacy spanning centuries. Almost an entire millennium of calling people to Islam and very few people responded. If we were to look at at the beginning and at the end, was he equally as intense? Was he equally as committed? or when he saw a lack of fruits, did he become slower to the calling of his people? Did this deter him from calling to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? This is the lack of fruits that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tests us with. Subhanah. Subhanahu waala which is.