The call in affliction
Afflicted in his body, his wealth and his family, he calls his Lord gently: “Harm has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful.”
وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ٨٣Job
أيوب
Job
Tested in body and wealth, he complained to none but his Lord. The Quran makes him the model of endurance: “We found him patient.”
His story, step by step
Each step links to the passage of the Quran that recalls it.
The spring
“Strike the ground with your foot”: a spring gushes forth, cool water to wash in and to drink.
ٱرْكُضْ بِرِجْلِكَ ۖ هَـٰذَا مُغْتَسَلٌۢ بَارِدٌ وَشَرَابٌ ٤٢
All is restored to him
Allah relieves his affliction and restores his family to him, and as many again with them.
فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفْنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرٍّ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ أَهْلَهُۥ وَمِثْلَهُم مَّعَهُمْ …
“We found him patient”
The Quran makes him the model of endurance: “What an excellent servant! He constantly turned back to Allah.”
… إِنَّا وَجَدْنَـٰهُ صَابِرًا نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ ٤٤
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His account in the Quran
by Mishary Al Afasi