Job said: Woe to you.
Job said: Woe to you. We enjoyed wealth for seventy years, Let us be patient in hardships too. Soon after this, God healed him. عَنْ ابْنَ عَبّاسٍ إِنَّ امْرَأَةَ أَيُّوبَ قَالَتْ لَهُ يَومًا: لَوْ دَعَوْتَ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَشْفِيكَ فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ كُنّا في النَّعْماءِ سَبْعِينَ عَامًا فَهَلُمَّ نَصْبِرُ في الضَّرّاءِ مِثْلُها قَالَ: فَلَمْ يَمْكُثْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلا يَسِيرًا حَتّى عُوفِيَ. The Hardest Affliction Addressing God, Job says: O God!
By Your might, You know that I will endure on my body the hardest when it comes to obedience and worship. فَوَعِزَّتِكَ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ مَا عُرِضَ لِي أَمْرانَ قَطُّ كِلاهُمَا لَكَ طَاعَةً إِلا عَمِلْتُ بِأَشَدِّهِمَا عَلى بَدَني His Support For Orphans And The Weak Job said: By God! He knows that I have never eaten unless there has been an orphan or a weak person eating with me.
قَالَ أَيُّوبُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: وَعِزَّةِ رِبّي إِنّهُ لَيَعْلَمُ إِنّي مَا أَكَلْتُ طَعَامًا قَطّ إِلا وَمَعِيَ يَتِيمٌ أَوْ ضَعيفٌ يَأْكُلُ مَعِي. The Hardest Thing To Job When Job was healed and rescued from afflictions, he was asked: Out of what happened to you, what was the hardest? Job said: The enemies’ blame. قِيلَ لأَيُّوبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ بَعْدَ مَا عَافَاهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالى: أَيُّ شيء أَشَدّ مَا مَرَّ عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: شَمَاتَةُ الأَعْداءِ.
He And God’s Favor It has been reported on the authority of Imam Sadeq that God sent golden locusts on Job from the sky and Job carried them home from outdoors. Gabriel asked: Aren’t you fed up O Ayyub? Job said: Who is fed up with God’s favor?
عَنْ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قَالَ: أَمْطَرَ اللَّهُ عَلى أَيُّوبَ مِنَ السَّماءِ فَراشًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، فَجَعَلَ أَيُّوبُ يَأْخُذُ مَا كَانَ خَارِجًا مِنّ دَارِهِ فَيُدْخِلَهُ دَارَهُ، فَقَالَ جِبْرَئيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: أَمَا تَشْبَعُ يَا أَيُّوبُ؟ قَالَ: وَمَنْ يَشْبَعُ مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبِّهِ.
Eight Virtues Of His Moral Features Job was benefactor, pious, compassionate towards the poor, supportive of the widows and orphans, hospitable, helper of wayfarers, grateful to God’s blessings and paid what was due to God. وَكَانَ [أَيُّوبُ] بَرًّا، تَقِيًّا، رَحِيمًا بِالْمَسَاكِين، يُكَفّلُ الأَرَامِلَ وَالأَيْتَامَ، وَيُكْرِمُ الضَّيْفَ، وَيُبَلِّغُ ابنَ السَّبِيلِ، وَكَانَ شَاكِرًا لأَنْعُمِ اللَّهِ تَعَالى، مُؤدّيًا لِحَقِّ اللَّهِ تَعَالى.
Moral Invocation By Job One of invocations recited by Job was the following: I seek refuge with Allah from a neighbor who hides the good and discloses the bad.
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