Shakespeare tells us in Othello: ''Tis the soldiers' life. To have their balmy slumbers waked with strife.' In other words, it is part of the job description of men at war that they will often be woken from whatever pleasant sleep they could be having by the unexpected call to arms; or a surprise enemy attack; or…
Don’t Confuse Being Patient With Being Complacent!
Shakespeare put these words in the mouth of one of his most complicated characters, Iago, in the tragedy of Othello: 'How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? ' Indeed! In Islam's teachings, patience, or sabr, is one of the great demands required of each and every believer. The…