Al-'Ankabut · Makki · ayah 59 of 69

Al-'Ankabut 29:59

ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

“Who have been patient and upon their Lord rely.”

Saheeh International

Essence

The workers promised high chambers are those who held firm through what they suffered and lean on their Lord for what is still to come.

A reflection

One virtue for today, one for tomorrow

These exact words also close 16:42, where the fuller entry explores them. Here they describe the emigrants of the previous ayat.

One classical commentator asks why these two qualities are paired. Time, he says, has three parts. The past cannot be changed, so nothing is asked of you there. The present calls for patience. The future calls for reliance. You hold firm under what is hurting you now, and you lean on Allah for what you will need later.

Picture a man sitting on unpacked boxes in a new flat, the removal van just gone. The move is done; it was hard and he bore it. Work in the new town is not yet found. The first half of this ayah is behind him. The second half is the one he must live now.

The full entry has 2 more reflections, questions to sit with, and "Live it today" - with the words, the roots and the tafsir alongside. Free, no account, works offline.