How to Develop a Mindset of Patience in Times of Calamity?

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Almighty, and all the internal ailments of his body were healed, and he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم regained complete health.^{^[1]}

Allah Almighty bestowed this favour upon Prophet Ayyūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم as a mercy from Himself, and as counsel for the worshippers so that they may learn to be patient in trials and calamities through reflecting upon this incident, and be aware of the immense reward for such patience, thereby earning recompense and rewards.^{^[2]}

The Illness of Prophet Ayyūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم

This incident of Prophet Ayyūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم is also narrated in the Holy Quran. Thus, in Surah al-Anbiyāˈ, Chapter 17, verses 83 and 84, Allah Almighty states:

وَ اَیُّوْبَ اِذْ نَادٰی رَبَّہٗۤ اَنِّیْ مَسَّنِیَ الضُّرُّ وَ اَنْتَ اَرْحَمُ الرّٰحِمِیْنَ (ۚ۸۳) فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَہٗ فَکَشَفْنَا مَا بِہٖ مِنْ ضُرٍّ وَّ اٰتَیْنٰہُ اَھْلَہٗ وَ مِثْلَہُمْ مَّعَہُمْ رَحْمَۃً مِّنْ عِنْدِنَا وَ ذِکْرٰی لِلْعٰبِدِیْنَ (۸۴)

And ˹remember˺ Ayyūb when he called out to his Lord, “Indeed affliction has befallen me and You are the most Merciful of the merciful.” So We accepted his supplication, then We removed that which he was afflicted with, and We granted him his family and their equivalent with them as mercy from Us and advice for the worshippers.^{^[3]}

It is written on pages 181 and 182 of Maktabat-ul-Madinah's book 'Aja'ib al-Quran ma' Ghara'ib al-Quran': It is commonly believed among people, Allah forbid, that Prophet Ayyūb عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم suffered from leprosy. Consequently, many unreliable narratives regarding Prophet Ayyūb's

[1] Khazin, al-Anbiya', under the verse 84 vol. 3, pp. 291

[2] Khazin, al-Anbiya', under the verse 84 vol. 3, p. 291; Madarik, al-Anbiya', under the verse 84, p. 724 selected

[3] Al-Quran, Al-Baqarah, verse 83-84; translation from Kanz al-ꜤIrfān

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