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And we are proud of the Qur'an, which is a gift and a mercy for the believers.

Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and his blessings.

My brothers and sisters, Allah tells us to seek help, to seek help through prayer and patience.

In fact, the order of it, he says, wa starin, wa subhari wa sala, verse number 45 of Suratul Bakarah.

He says, seek help, seek assistance through patience and prayer.

Now, people might wonder why the order of the Qur'an.

We may know, we may not know. Some of the scholars have said patience is required in order to pray.

You need to have a lot of restraint and forbearance, a lot of strength in order to pray.

You need to have willpower in order to pray. All of that is in the Arabic term sabr.

So Allah says, wa starin wa bi sabr wa sala, you need to bear patience.

Patience upon calamity, patience upon hardship, patience upon difficulty, negativity, hopelessness, whatever else it may be.

You need to throw the hopelessness out, but you need to bear patience.

A beautiful patience. You need to know that goodness is coming and in the interim, you need to continue praying.

You need to continue with your connection with Allah, is dahin wa sabr wa sala.

You continue and seek help through patience and prayer.

When you pray, you call out to Allah, you cry to Allah.

Those warm tears come about with a lot of hope, a lot of comfort.

That is Allah. He has given us the ingredients of achieving solution to our matters the way He wants.

Not the way we want. Sometimes you think something is really good for you. Allah says, I know this is not good for you.

So I will not give it to you because I love you. And you are still crying.

So ask Allah to help you. Be patient. Pray a lot. Pray.

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