When he-as saw her hair cut off...

When he-as saw her hair cut off, he-as was angry and swore to her that he-as would hit her a hundred times. She informed him-as that its reason was such and such (devastating hunger). Ayoub-as was gloomy from that. Allah-azwj revealed to him: “And take a green branch in your hand and strike with it and do not break your oath!” [38:44]. He-as grabbed a hundred branches and struck her once and exited from his-as oath.

Then He-azwj Said: And We Granted to him, his family and the like of them, along with them, as a Mercy from Us and (for it to be) a Reminder for those who have the understanding [38:43]. He-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Returned unto him-as his-as family, those who had died before the afflictions, and returned unto him-as his-as family those who had died after what had afflicted them of the affliction. Allah-azwj the Exalted Revived all of them for him-as and they live with him-as.

And Ayoub-as was asked after Allah-azwj had restored his-as health, ‘Which thing was the severest upon you-as from what has passed upon you-as?’ He-as said: ‘Gloating of the enemies’. Allah-azwj Rained upon him-as in his-as house, butterflies of gold, and he-as would gather it, and whenever the wind blew away something from it, he-as would go after it and return it.

Jibraeel-as said to him: ‘Are you-as not satiated, O Ayoub-as?’ He-as said: ‘And who can be satiated from the sustenance of his Lord-azwj?’’[9] Complete Hadeeth is given in the Appendix I. ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws (6th Imam) has said: ‘When the calamities of Ayoub-as were prolonged and Iblees-la saw his-as patience, came to companions of his-as who were monks in the mountain and said to them, ‘Let us pass by this afflicted servant to ask him-as about his-as afflictions’.

He-asws said:’ They rode and came to him-as. When they were nearby him-as, their mules fled from them. So, they came closer to each other, then walked to him-as’, and among them was a young youth, and they greeted unto Ayoub-as, and they sat down and said, ‘O Ayoub-as! If only you-as would inform us of your-as sin, for we do not see you-as being afflicted by these afflictions except for a matter you-as are concealing it’. Ayoub-as said: ‘By the Mighty of my-as Lord-azwj!

He-azwj Knows I-as have not eaten a meal at all except and with me-as there is an orphan or a guest eating with me-as, and no two matters have presented to me-as, both being in obedience (to Allah-azwj) except and I-as took with the severer of the two upon my-as body’.