LessonsThe Ḥulwān Maqāmah: Recognition and the Turns of FortuneQuiz

«وَاصْبِرْ إِذَا هُوَ أَضْرَى بِكَ الْخُطُوبَ وَأَلَّبَ»
Be patient when it stirs up severe adversities against you and gathers them together.

Iṣbir is an imperative; khuṭūb means serious troubles; aḍrā suggests provoking or intensifying, and allaba gathering forces against someone.

The previous line warns against deceptive promises; this one describes the response after difficulties actually arrive. The counsel is patience and steadfastness—not denial of hardship, but firmness amid it.

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Patience when hardships intensify

The Ḥulwān Maqāmah: Recognition and the Turns of Fortune

«وَاصْبِرْ إِذَا هُوَ أَضْرَى بِكَ الْخُطُوبَ وَأَلَّبَ»
Be patient when it stirs up severe adversities against you and gathers them together.

Iṣbir is an imperative; khuṭūb means serious troubles; aḍrā suggests provoking or intensifying, and allaba gathering forces against someone.

The previous line warns against deceptive promises; this one describes the response after difficulties actually arrive. The counsel is patience and steadfastness—not denial of hardship, but firmness amid it.