Being
an Arab myself, I used to say” Ya sabr Ayoub!” a lot these days to recall how
patient prophet Job or Ayoub was. We usually refer to Prophet Ayoub when we
mention patience. I was wondering why prophet Ayoub specifically. I believe all
prophets had been through countless calamities and misfortunes, but why we tend
to mention prophet Ayoub when it comes to patience and staying patient during a
tough time. I think that it's not only that prophet Ayoub bore being sick for
18 consecutive years, but his test was much more challenging than that. He was
tested by having all his blessings taken away from him. That's way harder on
someone’s self than being sunken deep in poverty and illness from the very
beginning. As humans, we tend to behave better when we are deprived; we tend to
give when we lack, we tend to help when we need help.
However,
if we are in a prestigious position or in authority or famous, it's hard to
imagine these things being taken away from us. It's hard for someone who used
to be wealthy, healthy, or famous to see others abandoning him because he lost
what attracted people to him.
IMHO, I believe that’s why prophet Ayoub was a symbol of patience. Because
staying patience during adversity is more common as we seem like we have no choice
but staying patient and grateful while losing everything is real Sabr” patience.”
Prophet Ayoub showed manners and used eloquent decorum while complaining to
God. He said,” I was touched with hardship and torment,” after 18 years of
illness and poverty, and he used the word
”touch,”!
This is exactly what calamity does to our souls. It makes us vulnerable; it
makes us weak; it makes us in need of help.
It's unlikely for someone who never experienced actual pain to feel others’
pain. It's hard for someone who never needed help to think that someone else is
needing help. And maybe that's why God chose people coming from real-life
challenges and appointed them to deliver his message. Simply, they had been
there.
Our attitudes toward COVID interpret how we saw our misfortunes. What we plan
to do reflects what we learned deeply. Let's make sure we learned from this
adversity a thing or two.
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